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VOL. 5, NO. 48
STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,   APRIL 25,   1924
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PREMIER GOLD MINING CO.
ANNUAL REPORT POR 1923
STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS
  Mrs I. N. Hoguewood returned
j yesterday from a visit in Rupert
���wing is the annual report of the Premier Gold Mining Co. I    Mr and Mrg Wm< Irwin ,eft on
ror the year 1923. issued by H. A. Guess, vice president and | the Cardena for a visit  in  Van-
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general manager.    The report is here published in  its entirety, 'couver.
with the exception of those paragraphs referring to maps etc.
The summary is published at the head of this article for the reason that it gives the reader an insight into the heart of the subject at once.
The summary of mining operations is as follows:
Diamond Drilling (feet) 14,487.
Development Drifts and Raises (feet)"7,240.
To :v Diamond Drilling to Date���151 holes (feet) 35,744.
Total Underground Workings, (Drifts, Cross-cuts, Raises)
(feet) 19,9.i3.
Ore mined (dry tons) 145,665
Ore milled (dry tons) 57,796.
Ore shipped to Tacoma (dry tons) 52,992.
Ore shipped "to Granby (dry tons) 34.877.
Table concentrates shipped (dry tons) 5,485.
I   .;aiion concentrates shipped (dry tons) 1,690.
Prebipitatee shipped to Selby (tons) 1136.
O.iric 'S gold produced 117,294.
Ounces silver produced 2,746,551.
Pounds lead produced 62,191.
Broken ore reserve, December 31st. (tons.) 93,000.
Ore broken during year (tons) 166.042.
Average price silver (per ounce) 64.71c
The estimated general average
Provincial Constable J.A.Williams returned on the Cardena
from a business trip to Rupert.
Geo. Clothier, resident mining
engineer for this district, arrived
<on the Prince George yesterday.
| Niel Mathieson, who fell from
I the old wharf a few weeks ago,'
! was able to leave the hospital
! Wednesday.
R. L. Clothier, manager of the
j Indian mine, left yesterday  fori
Vancouver and Victoria.    He ex-
pects to return about May 10.
The Alaska   Steamship   Com-
, pany's ship Cordova is expected '
j to call at Hyder about the end of
this month bound southward.
Some of the finest ere in   the;
I News exhibit   was   brought  in
yesterday from the Independence
! by S. P. Fitzgerald any Pat McBride.
George Cameron returned yesterday from a trip south.
Ernie Armstroag returned on
the Cardena from a visit in Alice
Arm.
Jack Schwenter put his one-
wheeled runabout into commission last Tuesday.
S. E. Stickney. a brother of
J. S. Stickney, arrived Monday
night from Vancouver.
H. P. Gibson, who recently
had one of his knees operated
upon, left the hospital Wednesday.
Jack For8tell, who has been
cooking at the B. C. Silver for
about a year, arrived in town
yesterday.
Hugh B. McGuire, manager
for the Premier  Extension   Co,,
NEW PARTY HAS
MEETING HERE
Speakers Claim Facts Have
Been Suppressed Regarding Commission���Local
Is Organized
Charging the present   govern-
j ment with extravagance and bad
I management, if not with   absolute dishonesty, and claiming the
preceding Conservative   govern-
FAMOUS PIONEER
WOMANVISITING
Nellie Cashman, Who Went
Into Cassiar in 1875, Now
Placering in Alaska, Calls
On Oldtimers
Nellie Cashman, Alaska's most
famous woman, sourdough of
sourdoughs and pioneer of the
Cassiar district of British Columbia, arrived in   Stewart  yes-
ment was little if any better, (terday on the Prince George,
speakers for the Provincial Party, I Miss Cashman left her mining
the newest star in the political operations in the Koyukuk dis-
firmament, appealed last Wed-J trict, away up near the Arctic
nesday night to the people of Circle, last fall and has put in
Stewart to forget party affilia-' the winter traveling, indentions and join with the rest of j tally selling stock in a company
the province in cleaning out the [which she organized  to  enable
I oldtime manipulators and   mak- her to prosecute her placer min-
returned Monday night   from a1. _ .
'      6 iing an effort   toward   securing
winter's sojourn down east.
ing on a larger scale   and   with
Mrs J. S. Stickney returned j
yesterday from the south with j
strck and furniture for her new j
ladywear and millinery store.
Ernie Erickson and  Ben   Nel-
i-iuMimimbeu �����.���������� av^Kr, Dr. H. A. Whillans, Physician 90n were   amon���   tha   mir���oini,
of  lhe 9** 0<IO   tons   broken   in Imain workings at its   e evation       . a rt~ son weie   among   tne   outgoing
01  tne a-i.uuu   tons   DroKen   in t .and Surgeon.   Office, corner 6th uassencers on the Prince Genrire
on,., as at December 31st, 19231 of 550 ft- below   &���  4th   level,  _,   v;^_o   ^      ���_    ^ passengers on the Prince George
li*. ,67 ounces gold and 16.5 ounces
efficiency in office and a conse-! more modern methods. To look
quent reduction of the tax bur-' over the stubs of her stock books
den that is now bearing upon is to read the names ��f many
the shoulders of every person in | prominent men and women of
the province, from the sewer .the north, as well as notables
I digger to the millionaire  manu- j of the effete States.
And there are contrasts.   For
'land  Victoria  Sts.     Houis,   121 yesterday bound for Vt
explorations will be begun  to as- ;_._,__,_ _.��_ *���
ancouver.
, uum-esKniumiuiauuuiic���  -- -" ����� - , o'clock, noon, to 3 p. m.,  and by j    Dalby  B.  Morkill.   Provincial
���r.    With gold figured it $20 C-T.ain the  ore   possibilities   of|mnBollltaMIll r   !T      ,/ ...
, ir ounce and silver at 60c.   per thi* ���d other ground below  the
appointment.
!
I ounce, this represents a value of
$23 30 oer ton.
A conservative estimate of the.
assured and   probable  unbroken
ore to the present   bottom   level
of th ��� present mine workings   is
p60,000 tons averaging.85ou:;c s
I il i and 16 ounces silver per ton.
���������    ������: 'hi figured at $20 per oz.
l��n i with silver at 60c.    per   oz.,i
pis represents a gross  value  of
(iii per ton.
In addition to this, there  is  a,
lerable tonnage of ore de-!
4th level.
Introduction
To the Stockholders: In the
last annual report, which was
the first formal report made by
your Company, a fairly complete
description was given of the
Company's properties and their
location, and of the mining, milling, power and aerial tramway
equipment thereon or in connection therewith.
Land Surveyor,   writes that   he
expects to be in Stewart by May |
season.
facturer.
With H.W.M.Rolston as chair-'instance one notices the  names
man, the meeting was opened by of Judge Elmer   E.   Ritchie  of
��� J.F.Tener of  Vernon,  treasurer! Valdez and Judge James   Wick-
of the new party, who   reviewed ersham of Juneau  in   the  same
the reasons for the party's  exis-i book.    That ie as close  to being
' tence and gave a resume of the'- a friendly relation between these
and will establish a business h*re
unJer the name of The Universal Supply Co. He chart red
the Chilkoot tc bring up building
material and stock, and upon
thtir arrival he will proceed at
���nee with the erection of a buil-
Since the date of the  last   nn
Sloped above the   bottom   level  mial   re,,ort  lfl   *������**���**   dain,s ding just west of   the   Bank   of
* rather nplex mineralization | Bnd fraction8 w"re P��rehneod f(ir i Montreal.     His   principal   lines
cash, adjoining the Premier hol-lwi,j [ie furriiU!rt arj(j house fur-
dings on the northeast,   and one
Charlie Auld, mine foreman at:
tl ��� B. C. Silver since that  property started operations,   left for
Impire Exhibition.
Rev. E. Allard. 0. M. I., wil
arrive in Stewart on Saturday,
April 24, and will hold services
every morning at 8 o'clock except Sunday, which will be 10:30
a. m.
Royal Commission   investigation  two worthies as can be conceived
into the charges brought against J    While in Washington City Miss
both Premier Oliver and   former Cashman   called    on   President
'"'I    slightly    below   profitable
pad   at present milting capacity
"bich. later on. it   may  become
tot     ie to treat at a profit.
Ala i, there has been indicated
!>' ti"' diamond drilling so fur
me below the present bottom
I tth level, 146,000 tons averag-
���K .89 oz, gold and 3.2 oz. silver
!-* ton, and  one  diamond   drill
m, some 400 ft. tu  the   norlh-
petward of the above-mention-
drilled   area   below   the   lib
mineral claim that lay a little re-
A May Day dance will be  held
in the Ocean View Hotel on  the  1  to   comme���Ce   work   for   the
night of May 2,   with music   by
Victor Durand, Joa   Cullen   and
|C. M. Ridley.
G.W.Smith, who has  been   in      	
b siness in Victoria  sinpp   ififitiL    ,     ��� _     ,        ���  , ,  Premier Bowser.  Mr lener read Coolidge. but his name does not
Business in victoria since   lbjj,  England Monday night to attend ��� .,, . I .    . . .    .
ar ived f.om tie south yesterday Up Fmnirp Fvhihi.,���n lfr0m a C��Py ��f the tran8Crl*jt  ot appear in her stock hooks.   Per-
I IH       1 .111 \>11 t      I . A II I 1.1 L 11 IM , I ., . ,    , ,   I  1 rv\ _T\ /*\'l
evidence brought, or attempted | haps leapot Dome Oil was rank-
to be brought, before the Com-j ling in his bosom at the time of
mission, disclosing some surpris-; her visit.
ing facts which the city   papers'    Miss Cashman went   into  the
and  press   agencies   have   sup- Dease lake country at the   time
pressed,   and   throwing   an   en-'of the Cassiar excitement in 1875
tlrely new light upon the   Com-; and   has   since   been   identified
For the past week  Bill   Tolin,  misgiutl-s pro���_��din��a. I with the north, though spending
superintendent of the King   Ed- j    Birt Snowle,.t ^legate   to the [ most of her time in Alaska.
ward, haft had  a  crew   of   men Trades and Labor Council of Van-i    She was found   last   night   at
mining-kalsomining. The lobby, eouver     from    ^   TeamstersJ the home   of   Kate   Ryan,   and
and other rooms now assay high|UnioIIt f0uowed Mr Tsner with needless to say   there  was  no
in light and beauty. n short and pithy address,   and chunce for a formal interview,
J. P. Hawkinson. proprietor of j made a good impression.  ���
About 2oo attended the msel Service Club Dance
nislurgs.
m>v��l from the Premier   to the nected to a 250 KVA generator.
northward.    None of these min- ln the matter of  housing   ac
ing claims has any surface show- commodatiors, a new bunk house the Exchange Grill, left Monday
ings of any  particular   promise, well equipped and containing 117  night  on  it   combined   business jug, which was held in the Hotel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^      ^_m To the strains of a   fo ir piece
but   they   wee   acquired    very rooms, was completed last   sum- i and recreation trip to the leading Stewart hall, and paid the   elos- 'orchestra dispensing a   alass   of
Cheaply, the total 14 Claims  hav-   m-r.    Also, an apartment  house cities of the northwest.    Hs  ex- esl attention to  the   arguments.   music seldom heard outside of a
ing c��mt less than  186,000,   and containing six   three-room and- peeta to be gone about a month. After ths meeting about 40  vet- large city, nearly every dancing
s re considered at thai price ai bath apartmente waa built to ac-     Tbeeeaial  sommittee of ths srs remained and formed a Pro   mthusiaat in Stewart    with
worth acquiring for the Compan] oemmodate salaried employees.    Service Club enjoy having every- vincial Party Local with  officers iprinkling from llv.ier   tripped
on the chance that   they   might1 OM Of* Beoorvas one bring his raaoi 'to ths danci ��� ss follows:   President, li  W . M   the light fantaatie al the   Inter-
Nl, cut. at a depth of  100  ft. I **** ��" |,r"v* l" mVn **********     Ii i tha last annual   report   an but they object to  having  ths Rolatan; rice president.   Roy] il Sere iee Club'a ek��N
II  ! _t_._._,    U___.___J      ....       ..,iiL    _W_._m . 'i   ._:_i__ ___.___,__> ___._._.___-._    n   I
Mo�� the 4th  level,   lo   feet���
"'"h. eaini!uu-d al right angles
floor   lit tend
in
ore. estimate whs given of  tie oie n,,()r  l,liert'a   "v   w"1'  t,lem' Clothier;sscretary-treaeurmr, G,  ths SUwart OptWi  House last
      During the paetyear the srueh. broaeit in atopea as at December ** **" lM,t ������"������  M""*'  f*-** c Andrew; eaeeutive.   (two to Monday etealag,   A  committee
aeveia, would b�� about Vft"!'���� ***��� ******  -*********  **\n*t,19U 4   tha  i   mred *enf ttwav ah,i ****** t*** ni- -������-   f- '   w- D- ******** lol   lad.es,   Mintwm   Scarlett,
Mth  of HO eat which,  waile aailHagtre aad  ore  roc  diraei aitdprobabh unbroken ore to tbe \****   I--****   u-   ---<*  *-**��� j Howard CamplM .'up. Bennett,  Raebloti and  Scovil'.
NbUess *_l ______,.____. I shipment, was enlarged, and in bottom level of the mine   wk- offic*'' Henrjf Kochfort and A.B. Youni   prepared  und  took   charge ot
rusaday aighl Mssars   i. ******************
aa^Sbowiei held s meeting  at WttB
ie*8 well above the average	
}******** Um�� seoceIthe mill the  tonnage,  by  rear-'ings, namely the4th level these
���*** iiidioaUid,   is of   inturest! rangeuient   and   miju*-t inuiit   ol  Bhiit,   tea being aa 1
^iineetiou with the pnaaibllj  """**'* -*-* the  equipment, i         ken ia atop-          Dee,
��� uf substaiiimi commercial                           roaimntel)   200 ;i. 1928,    f8,000torn i i        |
tons daily capacity. .Tit,/, fold, Mai silver i  rtoa
Th.* povs.u plum en* Ineeaaaed A          iwJinnbtble unbrok*
doiina Uu >�����' bi�� "ij;1   ii  f     . us uf
leail-PisMl    engine (Contll  \*i  ���<* ?*** t)
****** below tho 1th level,
"**  the   north western   zone,
N .l..r���lf )m ��,u���U��eKu. .;
***\ reaches the viciiuty of the
inuuh uppiccialeo*
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iff wish te thank am   friends  i'i'- ���      --���     'i over j
for  Moral  offeriafi  and  al                  1*  I                ***** Wm. LaKw, at. oldtimer ei
******* ****** ***** tin  managnr, and �� U** wm teem the Ynbaii win bM mm autaide
sickness and alter tht-  death   tf e41          ���   lb I    MotttH    ***l tui several )eait, anlveii on the
our dariirif iM.y                                      .              pftnidtiM rriasi %0trp ytatardaf aad ig
Mr. snd Mrs. A. lleUti     M I Unit Johueun, MMtlgaf, tree afitmng down in *emer\ PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,   APRIL   25,   1924
The Portland Canal News
MORE ENCOURAGEMENT NEEDED
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor and Publisher
W. R. HULL
News Editor
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Advertising  Rates:
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Notices, 20 cents per line.
Special  Position Display or  Reading, 25 per cent above
ordinary rates.
Ceitlficate of Improvement. $15 (if more than one claim,
$2.50 for each additional claim mentioned)
Land Notices. $10.   Coal Notices. $7.
No Advertising Aecepted for First Pas*e
THE PREMIER
THE SECOND annual report of the
Premier Gold Mining Co., most of which
appears in this issue, makes most interesting reading, particularly in view of the
fact that ail the figures and other data
given in it, are based on actual and proven
facts. In this regard it is safe to say that
the report is as conservatiue as it is possible to make it, and that everything savoring at all of speculation has been eliminated.
As the report is published in this issue
The headlines in last week's issue of
the Portland Canal News concerning the
Granby Company releasing  the  George
Copper property, created considerable interesting discussion.    Certain  interests
have taken the view that too great stress
had been laid on the matter of the condition of the Bear River Road.   In other
words these interests defended the Government policy of not building a wagon
road,���one was built years ago up Bear
river but allowed to deteriorate into a poor
trail during war years���until such time as
a mining company proves that it is going
ahead with heavy operations.
From a practical standpoint, in the development of a new country, there oan,
in every case be no justification for this
policy, ln the first place, it handicaps the
prospector, who already has heavy obstacles to overcome, by making heavy transportation costs which for one who, in his
position, is working on short capital,
earned by hard labor during the winter,
is a difficulty that when and wherever possible, should be eliminated.
In the second place, it will take more
than two years to put the upper end of the
Bear River road in condition that will allow heavy freight to be hauled over it.
This being the case the Granby, in the
event of having retained the property in
question, would have had to spend large
sums of money on either the road itself
or contend with prohibitive transportation costs, j
Of course, they could at all times adopt the alter-,
native of waiting until such time as the Govern-!
CAROLAN'S   GENERAL   STORE
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Groceries
Hardware
M en's Clothing
Powder   -   Fuse   -   Caps
SALMON RIVER BANKING COMPANY
HYDER,   ALASKA
(Incorporated   Under  tho   Laws   of   Alaska)
4   PER   CENT   Paid  on   Savings  Bank   Accounts
Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit.
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of United States
J. A. HALL. Pres.    D. LINDEBORG, Vice-Pres.   IRENE HALL, Tt***.
Hyder Transfer Co.
STEWART   AND   HYDER
WILLIAM   McGREW.       -       -       Proprietor
SADDLE   AND   PACK  HORSES
COAL   AND   WOOD
See us for Teaming Contracts       Prompt Deliveries
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there is no necessity of dealing in this
article with any particular phases of it, I ment complete the road.
but there are a few features which possi- The big question is, does this policy tend toj
bly warrant accentuation, the first being|encourage development of the natural resources'
that development work during the past
year has kept pace with mining operations,
thereby retaining the proven ore reserves
at the same total as last year, in spite of
having paid, during that period, $1,738,000
in dividends. Another striking point is
the comparatively small area to which operations have been confined, and the fact
that ore bodies of great value have been
discovered by diamond drilling below the
horizon from which ore has been, and is
Which is preferable���the saving
of your eyesight, or the saving
of a few dollars
Discard that glaring gas lamp and purchase
light from
Stewart Public Utilities  Ltd.
Office 5th St. Stewart. B. C.
of the country?   Or does it not?
In answering this question the reader must
remember that so far as the operating companies
are concerned, they car just as easily take tip a
property in Northern Ontario, The States, .Mexico, South America, Africa, or many other parts
of the world where, in many cases, first class
roads are already constructed to the properties.
Defenders of the Government policy in this
regard contend that to change the policy Blight-
in some cases, eventuate in a waste of work and
money.
Surely the government would be justified
in taking some chances in order to encourage tuLUAE0UJ, F1UE CHANCE GO.
-Exchange Grill-
J. P. Hawkinson, Prop.
The Mecca Of Satisfied Customers
Sole Agent For
PURITY   FLOUR
"Once Used, Always Used"
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
being, extracted.
When  these and other features are i pioneers.
considered, it cannot help but be realized j        We are in agreement at all time* vita the
that the Premier, wonder as it is of the' G��vam������t ****** * ***** ******* 1* there
mining world, is only in its infancy, and
its possibilities are only just commencing
to unfold.
is a happy medium in all things, and it would
appear that a Government's tirst duty in a new
country is to encourage development. Otliei wit-e,
how can such a country progress?
QUEEN KIKE INSURANCE CO
NATIONAL  PIBI  INSURANCE CO
NORTHERN    FIRE    INSURANCE    CO.
MUTISM   CROWN   ASSURANCE   CORPORATION   (fill)
CONFEDERATION    LIFE    INSURANCE   CO
PA( IfIC   MARINE   INSURANCE CO
OLOB1   INDEMNITY   CO..   For   SU'K
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H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
At C1DENT,
AGENT
Get behind   Fire Chief Bill Tooth  in In a Vancouver paper a feminine uxpert te*e\
his efforts to build  up a   Fire  Department     Wrong color schemes  drive men   from  home.'j
in Stewart. Quite so.    Hluck eyes, for instance.
Victory Bond Coupons
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DALBY B. MORKlu
MINING SURVEYOR
B. C  Land Surveyor
STEWAKT, B. C.
Dr.   Richard F.  Butlbs
DENTIST
NEWS BUILDING,
Fifth Street, Stewart, B.C.
PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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Meets every 1st  and 3rd Th_J
days, Stewart and Hyder.
DR. ALFRED II.  _AYH|
Dental Surgeon,    PRINCE RUPgM
HSLOBRBON    Bl 0CK
DR. C. I). CARTER
DENTIST
Hyder, Alaska.
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W.   L.   NEWELL,   Proprietor
Comfortable Furnished Rooms.   Barber Shop in Con-
Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks.     Solo Tables
Rooms, $1    PER   DAY
PREMIER REPORT
along the main ore zone and the
extension northwestward along
���the northwestwsrn ore zone. The
(Continued from Page 1.)     j first of these comprized  extend-
De��. 31, 1922,���300,000 tons  av-|ing the second  level   northeast-
eraging .71 oz. gell. 27 oz. silver] ward to the boundary of ths pro-
P*r ton- [ perty, and in so doing an orebody
Ore Possibilities I was found which has now been
Mention was made in that re-1 opened up for a length of 150 ft.,
port of additional ore possibilities |a width of 18 ft. and a  value of
in five different areas outside of j ab<>ut $35., and which,   as indi-
the then workings,  these  being'cated  by  diamond   drill   holes,
s
tewart
Otyie  O
hop
as follows:
(1) Unexplored ground to the
northeastward of the mine workings and along the same zone.
(2) Unexplored ground to the
southwestward of the mine workings and along the same zone.
(3) Possibilities in the vein of
northwestern strike.
may be found to have a total
length of around 300 ft. Further
development will indicate whether this orebody extends upward
to the first ievel or above, snd to
what depth below the second
level it carries commercial ore.
The explorations along the
northwest vein have been carried
on   chieffly   by   extending   thej
On or about May 1, Mrs. J. S. Stickney will
return with a complete line of Ladies' and
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Fashion Centres of the East.
Everything in This Season's Millinery for your
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Corner Fourth and Columbia.
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pecting at depth various su
showings   elsewhere   upon   thei
(4) Possibilities    from    pros
rface; third level southwestward  upon
the main ore zone, and at the
Premier property more particu-ipoint where the northwestern
larlv those upon the Pictou and '.ore zone Join3 this main zone- R
Cascade Falls No. 8 claims. i drift was  run   following  along
MAY DAY DANCE
MAY 2
t
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(5) Possibilities of persistence
j the northwest,   which   indicates
of   commercial   ure   ar   greater ithat Upon this third   level-   ��nd
depth below the 4th   level   than |ipossibly for 90m�� distance both
has been as yet explored by dia
mond drilling.
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above and below  it,   the  north
i western ore zone makes a  sub-,
,   ., .stantial orebody of $25 average
During 1923 prospecting  wasj    , .',...,..
, , . i value or better, the limit of which I
begun to explore the   ore  possi-,, , ,    ,
, ... .      .   ,,   a .i       ��� : has not as yet been reached,
bihties of all of the above   men-|    _    .
, . inS During the past year a  deep j
tioned areas except (2). represent ,,,,���,        ���        ,    ,     I
.. , ,,    : tunnel, called No. 6 Tunnel,   be-:
ting  the   extension   along  thei   .    . ,      ,. _
. ginning at the old Bunting   tun-l
southwestern zone,  upon  which |    ,
nel and run at   an   elevation ap-
proximately 550 ft. below  No.  4!
or preset bottom level, was start-
STEWART DAIRY b SODA FOUNTAIN
J. CAMPBELL.
PROPRIETOR
Home Made Ice Cream Fresh Milk
and   Buttermilk
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DAVE   JOINVILLE,       -      -      PROPRIETOR
little or nothing in   the   way  of|
prospecting has as yet been done
j The results of   the   prospecting'    ,
,  ���     ..                  .                   ed, and at the close of the   year;    ACETYLENE WELDING      GENERAL BLACKSM1THINR
i work in other areas   has,   upon;,      . ,.       ����huiwui ��_uimbubuiq
[ the whole, been fairly successful, I
j and, in conjunction with new ore
'found within   the   area   of  the
, had been driven  approximately
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1400 ft.    No values have as yet
been encountered and there re-i
i mains approximately 1100 ft.   toj
mine workings of  a   year   ago.   , . . ,   ,
��� . i drive to reach tbe main  orebody;
has opened up sufficient new ore!     ...    . . _-n -. ,   ,
. _      Iat this depth of ooO ft below thei
so that the ore reserves or Dec-!, , ,
��� :4th level,
ember 31st,   1923.   are   approxi-; . ,   ,
Later, the zone   traversed   by
mately the same as   those  of   a. ,    .,, , ...      .
the tunnel will becross-sectio sed ���
at   intervals   by   diamond   drill j
holes, to   see   whether,   closely
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year ago, after producing from
the property during 1923,   1*15,-
*'>G5 dry tons averaging in  recov-! """""
'tributarv thereto,   any commer-
ered  values   approximBtely   .SO
oz. gold and 19 oz. silver per ton.
Exploratory Work
The only two areas that have
been explored with any degree
of completeness during 1923 are
the    extension     northeastward
cial ore is   encountered  at   that
(Continued on Page 4)
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FIFTH   STREET STEWART
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold, $76,542,203
Lode Gold, $109,647,661; Silver. $59.814;266, Lead. $51,810.891:
Copper, $170,723,242; Zinc, $24,625,839; Coal and Coke. $238,-
289,565; Building Stone, Brick. Cement, $36,605,942; Miscellaneous
iherals, $1,358,839; making its Mineral Production to the end of
1922 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF ��734,259,619
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in this Province
is strikingly exhibited in the followio* figures, which show the value
of production for successive five-year periods: For all years to 1895,
inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years. 1896-1900, $57,607,967; for
five years, 1901-1905, $96,509,968: for five years. 1906-1910, $125,-
534,474; for five years, 1011-191*, 4142,072,003; for five yearB,
1915-1920, $189,922,725; 1921. $28,066,641: for the year 1922,
$35,158,843.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $339,280,940
Lode mining has only been in progress for about 33 years, and
not 20 per cent, of the Province has been even prospected; 300,000
Minnie miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open fur prospecting.
Tbe mining laws of this Province are more literal and the feo��
lower than those of any other Province in the Dominion, or any
Colony iu llio British F.mpire
Minnrul locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fr
Absolute Titles hu- obtained by developing such properties, ae-
i in ily of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants.
Full information, toffathw With Mining Reports and Maps, may
Vie sbtalMd gratis by addressing
THI HON. THI MINlSTF.lt OF M1NF.H. Victoria, British Columbia
PREMBREPORT
(Continued from Page 3.)
horizon, at or near the contact
of the tuff and porphyry, the
tunnel itself being driven mostly
in tuff. This work has, therefore, not as yet reached its objective.
A drift was drivsn southward
from No. 4 tunnel level to explore at depth the outcrops on
the Cascade Falls No. 8, and
more particularly upon the Pie-
tou claim. Some ore bands of
small value were cut at about
where the Cascade Falls No. 8
outcrops might be expected at
depth, which bands have not as
yet been driven upon to see whether they are of interest, and at
the end of the year the drift,
which had reached a distance of
approximately 1400 ft., was cutting some silicified material with
streaks of values below commercial grade, upon one of which a
drift will be started to see whether commercial ore occurs along
the strike, as that is about in the
position that would be represented at depth by the Pictou surface outcrops. Considerable exploratory work, both by drifts
and diamond drilling, will bei
done in that vicinity during this
year, in order to see what, if
any, ore may be thereby disclosed.
Extra .goat Coming
According -to' a letter from
R. F. McNaughtoh, District Passenger agent for the Canadian
National Railways, a special ship
will bs sent to Stewart on the
morning of Thursday, May 1.
The spring schedule will go into
effect May 4.
Stewart
Opera
House
Saturday,  April 26,
WESLEY BARRY
in
"PENROD"
Saturday,  May 3.
NORMA TALMADGE
IN
"Smiling Through"
Commencing 8:1)0 sharp.
Admission, Adults 50c,  Children 25c.
ATLIN ELECTORAL DISTRICT
level, within the main
of the property, by flat diamond
NOTICE IS HEREBY  GIVEN   that
Explorations    .rom  the   third j shalu on M0NDAY the Wth day of
workings | May, 1924, at the hour  of  ten  o'clock
in  the  forenoon,   at  the Government
Office,   Anyox,   hold  a  sitting of  the
drill holes into the   hanging-wall j Court of Revision   for the purpose of
section, have  cut  ore   at  three [revi8in|? the list of voters for the 8aid
. . electoral district, and  of   hearing  and
different points covering   a   dlS-1 determining any and all objections to
tance of 400 ft. along the  Strike, j the retention of any name on  the said
that is of commercial grade  and li8t' or \�� lh* ^"ration as a voter of
I any applicant for registration;   and for
10 ft or more in Width.     Further I the  other  purposes   set  forth   in   the
"Provincial Elections Act."
prospecting of this will be done
by crosscutting out to these
points and driving upon this
hanging wall zone to see what
may be developed, and this hanging wall territory will be also
explored from the second level
to see whether a similar condition there exists.
JOHN CONWAY.
Registrar of Voters,
Atlin Electoral District.
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for ANYOX, PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE and Intermediate
points, each THURSDAY at U'.UU No, n
tt. 8. PRINCE JOHN will leave PRINCE RUPERT for  VAN-
COUVER via QUI��k> CHAHLOlTE ISLANDS,
March 2'Jih. April \nu, a-ib.
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p,
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PERFUMES
Stewart Drug Store
Write for Kai*-i�� and  Information
R. F. McNaughton
District Passenger Agent,
Prince Rupert, B. C.
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS
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interest will be charged at the rate of 10 per cent per annum.
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