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STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,   JULY 16,  1926
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NEW HOPE FOR
LEAD-ZINC ORE
No mineral district in British
Columbia is so vitally interested
in the reopening and successful
operation of the Ladysmith smelter on Vancouver island as the
Portland Canal district. The announcement by the sponsors of
this enterprise that they will be
able to treat all kinds of complex
ores and pay full value for the
mineral contents, will lend new
hope to those property owners
who for years have faced the
problem of either treating their
ores on the ground and separating them into their various mineral constituencies, or else shipping ore in the crude state and
facing heavy penalties imposed
by the smelters, often with injustice, but against which an appeal would be worse than useless.
At least sixty per cent of the
ores in this district carry lead
and zinc in combination. Heretofore one or the other of these
minerals was a total loss to the
shipper, besides decreasing the
amount of payment on the mineral saved. Many ores assaying
up to $100 and better per ton
cannot now be shipped at a prefit
for this reason, and the cost of
installing separation plants is
beyond the means of most operators. It takes no great imagination to forsee what an impetus
will be lent to mining here when
the values in these ores can be
recovered in full. Ladysmith is
also within reasonable shipping
distance, and shipping costs
should be reduced to the extent
of being practically an unimportant factor of expense.
The Ladysmith smelter was
taken over by a syndicate headed
by Herbert Carmichael, former
Provincial Assayer, and H. B.
Thompson. They have secured
the services of David McBride,
metallurgist and ore expert, who
will have charge of the new reduction plant, and who this week
gave out the following statement
in Victoria:
"I've just come from Colorado
and Utah where the separation
and treatment of intimate mixtures of lead and zinc ores is a
very live question," Mr McBride
said. "Hitherto such ores have
been roughly concentrated and
smelted, with a great loss of
either the lead or zinc, and some
ores have been so complicated
that they could not be treated
at all.
"The new proceases, which we
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ANOTHER VEIN   I
ON BIG MISSOURI
Athletic dance tonight.
R.G.Birch of the Bank of Montreal staff left for Rupert last
Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Stanley   Alton of
Wm. Bunting left last Monday
night on a business trip to Rupert
Hugh B. McGuire, manager of
the Alaska-Canadian Co., arrived
from the south Saturday.
An election to decide the question as to incorporating a local
school district, will   be   held   in
Reports of new discoveries on
the Big Missouri are coming with
a regularity that may be becoming monotonous to some readers; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
nevertheless another must be re- j Prem'e-* 'eft this week for Craig,
corded this week.      /             !Alaska* on a vacation trip.
A large and apparently impor-1    The ore for the Vancouver Ex-
,   / i        h'hitinn i<? hpinir narked in   the Hyder next Tuesday,
tant outcrop has bean   found on -"-""ion is Deing pacKea in   tne     .. .,.,.,
the Terminus claim of  the  Big News ^ce ar.d will  be shipped!    Andrew   Scot,   machinist  a
Missouri   group  some   distance jMo"day night. | the Premier left Monday night
north of the main camp.     The!    Ed J- Willia��� of Ketehikan,, to visit hia family In Vancouver.
vein is apparently from 30 to 40! *^ of the ���ail boat Taka �����! **" 7���* ***��* ***"'
feet wide.    At last   reports  an | visited Stewart Wednesday   and j    The Bntish Columbia Gazette
air line was being laid to it and |took in the horse race' I ann��UnCeS the  *��*>���******-  of
la machine drill was expected   to
j be in operation there this week.
RICH NEW VEIN
ON SILVER TIP
A spark from the chimney  set! Richard Murray McGusty to be
fire to the roof of Wm. Hanson's, stipendiary magistrate for Any-
residence Sunday morning,   but ox and adjacent districts,
the blaze was immediately discov-1    Dancing has become so degen-
A new vein that appears to be
of considerable importance   has
| been located on the  Silver  Tip
property which is now being de*
erate that some of the ultra-moderns will walk throngh a waltz ���
and with the lady walking backwards.
Jack Scott, of the firm of Lyon
& Scott, is away on  a vacation,
ered and quickly extinguished.
Wm. Sloan, former manager
���f the Daly Alaska, has taken
over the management of a property on Texada Island   for   the
B.C. Gold Mines of Vancouver. ^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^
H.D.Rochfort, of H.W.M.Rol-j which he is utilizing in prospect-
veloped under the management L & ^ hfl8 spen(. & ^ on!ing the Georgia river section,
of J.V.CIegg. Samples brought,^ Marmot Meta,g Qq property| J. 0. Lyon is carrying on at the
to town this week carry the typ-|andishighly pleaged ^ thJ meat market,
ical high-grade silver sulphide I showings of ore being opened up; Mrs Ernest Blue and infant
ore that gives such high returns: there j daughter returned last Tuesday
or. other veins of the group, and j After page 4 Q- thjg jssue wag from a visit in Minneapolis. Miss
some of the specimens show nug-1 off the presSi thg paper wag noi>\ Thelma Burleigh of that city ac-
gets and beautiful crevice-fillings | .fied ^ the date for ^ anRja] I companied them and will spend
of wire silver. The new find is
across the creek from   the  vein
'meeting of the Liberal Associa-! the summer in Hyder.
now being developed. On the
strength of the discovery Mr
Clegg has increased the size of
his mining crew and will open
up the vein.
i tion had been changed from July !    The amateur gardener says all
28 to July 29. j he can see to this "early to rise"
C. L. Hibbard of Seattle and j stuff is that'the mosquitoes and
C.B.Brown of Los Angeles left jdeer flies beat him to it. They
for the south last Saturday after j have their bills sharpened as soon
examining  the  Outland  Silver jas he sharpens his hoe.
S. P. Fitzgerald, president and
managing director of the Independence, returned from Seattle
Monday tmd has gone up to the
property.
RUSHING WORK
ON THE DUNWELL
With the Crawford Transfer
Co. hauling timbers day and
night from the dock to the Dunwell concentrator, things are!
humming in and about the Dunwell operation. The foundation
timbers for the mill are now laid
and construction well under way.
The right of way for the tram is
cleared. A Iarge tonnage of ore
is already developed in the mine,
and being increased at a rapid
rate every day.
Old Tillicums Get Together
Wm. S. Armstrong, representing the International Typographical Union, arrived from Vancouver Tuesday for a week's
visit. He is going over the camp
with Peck McSwain, the two
having known each other since
long before Peck published a
faked story ab��ut President Harrison's assassination and beat it
before an enraged public could
decide on whether to reward him
with burning at the stake or just
plain hanging. That was in the
days when any woman who put
powder on her face was considered a dissolute character.
Bar property, in which they  are
heavily interested.
E. A. Haggen, prominent mining engineer and publisher of
Mining and Industrial Record,
arrived from Vancouver Saturday to make an examination of
the Albany property.
The Hyder Dock Company are
planning extensive improvements to their dock which will
involve an expenditure of be-
l tween five and ten thousand dollars, and giving the dock a frontage of 250 feet and greatly enlarged wharfage facilities.
"Paddy O'Dowd" the Hyder
race horse, had revenge for the
many times he has been beaten
by "Flossie," of Stewart, in the
past three years. The race was
run Wednesday night, twice
around the Stewart track, a distance of 3600 feet, and Paddy
an easy winner.
Mr and Mrs Wm. Irwin of Toronto arrived Saturday for a visit
with their son William. Though
he has passed the age of three
score years and ten, Mr Irwin
Senior looks as though he might
still he able to take a fall out of
his husky mine-manager son,
whom he had not seen for thirty
years.
Mickey Nash and Ed Fernald
returned Monday from a trip to
Georgia river, where Mickey recently located an immense quartz
vein that looks like it might be
tne mother lode of that spciiuo
A fine ore display, consisting
of several hundred pounds from
the Marmot Metals, was placed
in the News windows yesterday
for a temporary sojourn before
being sent to the Vancouver Exhibition.
A. N. McDonald writes from
Rupert that he has undergone
an operation, having the bone of
his injured leg scraped and chiseled, and that he expects to be
out of the hospital in about three
weeks.
Under the leadership of Rev.
A. W. R. Ashley, the Stewart
troop of Boy Scouts left Monday
morning for a week's outing at
Georgia river. They were taken
to their camp site by Sam McNeil with his launch.
WM. H, LONGLEY
DIESJN HYDER
William H. Longley was found
dead in his cabin in Hyder last
Saturday evening by Jack Fitzgerald, who had engaged him to
take supplies in to the Titan
property on Fish creek and get
the camp ready for operations to
commence. Coming down from
the Independence Saturday morning Mr Fitzgerald found that
Longley had purchased the supplies, and learning Saturday evening that he had not called for
them at the Province store, led
to his making an investigation
and finding the body. Death
was evidently due to cerebral
hemmorhage.
Deceased was a man of exemplary habits and a quiet disposition. Coming to the district
from McCarthy, Alaska, several
years ago, he conducted a barber
shop in Hyder for a time, later
working at the Independence
mine. Before going to McCarthy he had lived for a number of
years in Anchorage. Alaska. He
was born in Kansas City, Missouri, was 55 years old, and is
survived by a widow, who lives
jn Seattle, and a brother, R. C.
Longley, in Pond Creek, Okla.
The funeral will take place in
Hyder at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, July 17, under the auspices of the Masonic Club.
STARTING WORK
ON SILVER BASIN
Liberal Delegates
At a meeting of the Stewart
Liberal Association last night
delegates to the nominating convention to be held in Rupert on
July 24 were elected as follows:
W. R. Tooth, G. W. Smith, J. P.
Hawkinson and Miss Kate Ryan.
Jack Fitzgerald started development work this week on the
Silver Basin group of claims
which is owned by himself and
his brother, S.P.Fitzgerald. The
group consists of six claims and
is joined on the south by the
Day group, recently acquired by
the Big Missouri Mining Co.; on
the east by three claims of the
Big Missouri and the Hercules
group. It is one of the old locations of the camp, and has
some very promising showings.
Forest Officials Visit
Ranger Calvert and Forest Inspector Barclay visited Stewart
during the week, arriving Thursday morning on the Forest Service launch Lillian D. Mr Barclay is in charge of the records
department of the Forest Branch
in Victoria; he is now making
a prolonged tour of the mining
districts of B. C. in connection
with the controversy that has
engaged the attention of the
Lands and Mines Departments
for some time as to the extent to
which mining operators are entitled to free timber. Mr Calvert is well known here through
his periodical visits as Ranger in
charge of the district,
DEVELOPING THE
RUTH &JRANCIS
J. H. Nesbitt is developing hig
Ruth and Francis group near the
head of the south fork of Glacier
creek, four miles beyond the
Dunwell mine. The work now
being done consists of driving a
tunnel to get under the ore already shown up in a tunnel further up the creek, near the intersection of two veins, where
six feet of an antimonial silver-
lead ore give an average of over
$70 per ton. The property is
well situated, at an elevation
of 3400 feet at the camp, with
ample timber and water, on a
nice easy slope well adapted for
buildings, and so located that a
gravity tram could be constructed straight down to the wagon
road near the Dunwell mill. No
angles would be necessary.
The property presents a very
interesting geolocical and miner-
alogical condition, containing
the Bitter creek argillites and
some Bear river greenstone, the
whole intersected by innumerable dykes. There are three
large copper veins on the upper
end of the property, and two
high-grade galena veins lower
down, one of which shows a considerable amount of silver chlorides from which very high assays
have been secured. The Ruth
and Francis looks like one of the
most promising properties of the
camp.
New Manager for L & L
H. J. Thomey, manager of the
Dunwell for some time, and later
of Victoria mines, returned Saturday from Victoria where he
spent the winter. For about two
months he was in a hospital as a
result of plunging into a river
with an automobile. He has taken over the management of the
L&L Glacier Creek, Wm. Irwin
having resigned to take charge
of another enterprise.
Victoria Mines Directors
At a recent meeting of Victoria
Mines Ltd. held in Victoria, an
entirely new board of directors
was elected as follows: Arthur
E. Haynes, Mrs J. E. Holley,
Frank Coleman, Horace W. Miller, Andrew McGavin and Francis J. O'Reilly.
School Election
At a meeting of the School
Board held last Tuesday H. P.
Gibson was elected a member of
the Board, viee John Mellor, retiring. Walter Broad was elected auditor.
Mrs C.E.Hill of Tacoma arrived Saturday for a visit with her
sister, Mrs J. L. Campbell, of
Hyder.
KXfttt PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,    JULY   16,   1926
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B.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
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Another satisfaction  in   connection
with this new project is the possibility of
its hastening the reported plans of the
Trail Consolidated, which owns or controls the Sunloch property on the south
end of Yaneouver Island, and the   Old
Sport, now known as the Coast Copper,
on the north end, where,  on Quatsino
Sound, it is reported that the erection of
a smelter is now being planned.   Quatsino Sound is on the west coast of Vancouver Island, some 300 miles north of the
city of Victoria.
If both these smelter projects are carried through to a successful conclusion,
B.C. coast mining will experience tremendously rapid growth within the next few
years, for then B.C. capital will not only
be profitably invested to a very considerable extent in mining, but also in smelting, which will in turn result in far more
money than ever being available for the
development qf the vast mineral resources
of this Province.
DALBY B. MORKILL
MINING SURVT 70B
B. C. Land Surveyor
STEW AST, B. C.
LOOKING FORWARD
The report in this week's issue of the
reopening of the Ladysmith smelter by a
Victoria syndicate or company headed by
Herbert Carmichael, late Provincial Government Assayer, and H. B. Thompson,
Canada's war-time Food Controller, and
the installation therein of a new and
much improved treatment for complex
ores, is one of the best news items that
the mining industry of the British Columbia coast has received for a long time.
This new treatment, whioh is reported
to be operating very satisfactorily in South
Africa, where, by the way, it is understood
to have originated, and in the States, is,
as reported, a big improvement over present methods, and results in a greater percentage of recovery from complex ores,
that is, a combination of ores that carry
values ln gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper, the first four of which are very common in this district, as well as the whole
coast.
Another feature well worthy of note
is the fact that it will be located at the
seaport town of Ladysmith, on the east
coast of Vancouver Island, roughly fifty
miles north of Victoria, which as a result
will mean very greatly reduced transportation rates from districts such as this.
This consideration, coupled with a more
complete metal recovery from the ores,
will prove the greatest possible boon and
stimulus to coast mining, and enable the
operation at a profit of properties at present closed down.
To date coast mining has suffered for
want of just such facilities, the news of
the providing of which will prove most
welcome, even though it may take some
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one of the hottest political campaigns in
its history. A number of our readers will no
doubt be on each side of the political fence, and
consider political arguments of paramount importance, looking for such in these editorial columns.
Such of our readers are, we are afraid, doomed to
disappointment and will find that they will have
to look to the political parties and the politicians
for a presentation of the various arguments. That
is their business.
The business of the Portland Canal News is
to lend every possible assistance to the development and upbuilding of the district immediately
tributary to Stewart, as well as Northwestern
British Columbia. We endeavor to give our readers an honest and unbiased account of all the developments and happenings of this district, and
in regard to politics will mete out like treatment
to all parties through the news columns, confining
the editorial columns to the purpose for which the
paper is published. Our readers are scattered
from the shores of the Arctic Ocean to those of
the Gulf of Mexico, and from San Francisco to
Geneva, Switzerland. Forty per cent of our subscribers are not in Canada, and subscribe to this
journal for news of the development of this dis-
trict.
Every man to his own job. The setting forth
of political arguments is the work of political parties. The work of this publication is the assisting in the development and the building up 0f
this and other sections of Northwestern B.C., and this work is
not going to be allowed to suffer
for the sake of gratifying the
wishes of those who consider the
welfare of this or that political
party ahead of the progress and
development of this district.
Possibly the companies operating in B.C., which get their stationery in Spokane, do not know
that printed matter coming into
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PRE-EMPTIONS
Vacant. unreserved. surveyed
Crown lands may be pre-empted b>
British subjects Over 18 years of age.
and by aliens on declaring Intention
to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation,
and Improvement for agricultural
purposes.
Pull Information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions 1*
riven In Bulletin No. 1, Land Series,
"How to Pre-empt Land," copies of
which can be obtained free of charge
by addrosslng tlie Department at
Lands. Victoria, B.C, or to any Government Agent
Records will be granted covsiinf
only land suitable for agricultural
purposes, and which la nftt, timber-
land. I.e., carrying over 6.000 board
feet per acre wast of th* Coast Bangs
and 8,000 feet per acre east of that
Range.
Applications for pre-emvtloni�� are
to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division, in whlc), tho land applied for
is situated, and are made on printed
forms, copies of which can b* obtained from the Land Commissioner.
Pre-empUons must be occupied for
five years and Improvements marts
to value of $10 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at IeA.it flv��
acres, before a Crown Orant can bs
received.
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Crown lands, not being timberland,
for agricultural purposes; minimum
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MU'. factory, or industrial sites on
Umber land, not exceeding 40 acres,
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BRITISH C0LUNBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold ,<77 663 0-15'
Lode Gold, $122,808,459; Silver. $74,111,397; Lead. $89,218,907]
2*25 j5197'642'647: Zi"c. $39,925,947; Coal and Coke. $273,-
048,953; Building Stone. Brick. Cement. $44,905,886; Miscellaneous
minerals, $1,594,387; making its mineral Production to tlu end of
1-925 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF ��920,919,628
exWhit^in^'i -jr^r688 ��-* the Mining Industry of this Pro* ir ce is strikingl)
S   Ll!\,      follo.wlnK fiK<*-<--��. which show the value of productii n foi   *
HOME8ITE LEASES
Unaurveyed araaa, r.ot exceeding M
aerea, may be leaaed aa homeeltea,
conditional upon a dwe/llng being
erected ln the drat year, title being
obtainable after residence and Improvement condition* aia fulfilled
and land haa been surveyed.
LIASES
For gracing and Industrial pur-
poaea areaa not exceeding ttt aorea
may be leaaed by on* person or a
company.
GRAZING
Under the erasing Aot tha Fror-
inc* la divided Into graalng district*
and th* ran** administered under a
Oraaing Commlsaloner. Annua]
graslng permit a are laeued baaed on
numbers ranged, priority being given
to established owners. Stock-owners
ma/ torm association* for rang*
management Fro*, or partially free,
permits ara avr liable far settlers,
********   am*   traveller*,   up   to   tea
 1   T..|wvw,IMW   WI   1.L4,   *-��0, I"',I)-!-,    lill    I.1-'
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404,649,375
of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting.
Ihe mining; laws of this Province are more liberal and the fee*
FmnLihanM��*f 8nj! ?ther. Prince in the Dominion, or anv Colony in tho I
empire.    Mineral locations are granted the discoverers for nominal fees.
Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants.
rull information, togather with Mining Reports ami Maps, maj
be obtained gratis by addressing
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mation. Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Diitricts are published separately, and are available on application. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,    JULY   16,
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ANDERSON CAFE & delicatessen
Private Dining Room For Parties
Best Cook this far North
MEAL TICKETS $5.50 for $5.00
NEW HOPE FOR
LEAD-ZING ORE
(Continued from Page 1.)
shall instal at Ladysmith,   have
for their object the  separating
of the lead and zinc before smelting, and in several cases the elim
ination of smelting entirely.
"Leaching the finely-divided
ore by chemical solvents has been
the line taken by many chemists,
and we have these divided more
or less into groups, which I might
call the acid leachers and the alkaline leachers, the object being
in some cases to prepare a solution for precipitation by electricity, and in others the precipitation of a metallic salt or oxide,
useful in the arts, without converting it into metal. For instance, oxide of zinc and basic
j sulphate of lead can be made
and largely used as paint bases
without first being converted into metal.
"From a study I have made of
the British Columbia mines reports, and from the mineral I
have seen in the provineial exhibit in Victoria, I would say* that
these ores of British Columbia
present quite as complex a problem as those of Colorado and
Utah, and that the solving
of the problem will mean a great
deal to the developing of new
mines, and increasing the output
of those already shipping.
"Ladysmith seems to me
mirably situated for an ore
duction plant, and when
mine owners find that they
get paid for a fair percentage of
both the zinc and lead in their
mixed ores, it will undoubtedly
stimulate production and usher
in a new era for mines of the
coast.
"With the reconstruction of
the plant at Ladysmith there will
be an entirely new method of ore
treatment, which should be profitable to that concern, while at
the same time sharing that profit
with the mine owners. The initial plant will require to be sufficiently flexible to treat the variety of ores offering on the coast
ad-
re-
the
can
and capable of expansion to suit
the kind and qnantity of mineral
development by the mines."
WATER  NOTICE
Dlversiou and Uae.
TAKE NOTICE that Big Missouri
Mining Company, whose address is 601
London Building, 626 Pender St. West,
Vancouver, B.C., will apply for a license to take and use 110 cubic feet per
���second of water. One hundred cubic
feet per second to be taken out of
Long Lake Creek, better known as
Cascade Creek, or a stream that is the
jutlet of Silver Lake, which Cascade
Greek flows in a northerly direction
out of the southerly end of Silver Lake
into S'lver Creek. The balance of ten
cubic feet per second to be taken out
of Silver Creek.
The water will be diverted from the
Cascade Creek, which is the outlet of
Silver Lake, about BOO feet from the
mouth of the said Cascade Creek,
which point of diversion is approximately 1000 feet south east of the
Falls View Mineral Claim, being Lot
3223, Group 1, District of Cassiar. The
water will be diverted from Silver
Creek at a point about 3500 feet south
of Hog Lake, which point is about 200
feet east of the centre of the easterly
boundary of the said Falls View mineral claim. All the water taken from
the said Cascade Creek and Silver
Creek will be used for power purpose
at a power house situate at a point approximately 2000 feet north of Indian
Lake and the power generated there
will be used upon the mine described
as the Big Missouri Group of mineral
claims being Lots 3205 to 3224 inclusive, and such adjoining claims as may
be acquired by the Big Missouri Mir.
ing Company in the Salmon Kiver Valley, Portland Canal Mining Division,
Group 1, District of Cassiar, British
Columbia.
This notice was posted on the ground
on the 17th day of June, A.D. 1926.
A copy of this nbtice and an application pursuant thereto and to the
"Water Act, 1914," will be filed in the
office of the Water Recorder at Prince
Rupert, British Columbia.
Objections to the application may be
filed with the said Water Recorder or
with the Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings, Victoria. B. C,
within thirty days after the first appearance of this notice in the Portland
Canal News, of Stewart, B. C. The
date of the first publication of this notice is June 25th, 1926.
BIG MISSOURI MINING COMPANY
Applicant.
By P.E.Peterson, Agent.
MINERAL ACT
Certificate  of Improvements
NOTICE
Comet, Comet No. 1, Comet No. 2,
Comet No. 3, Comet No. 4. Comet No.
5. Comet No. 6, Comet Fraction, Veteran, Veteran No. 1, Veteran No. 2,
Veteran No. 3. Veteran No. 4, Veteran
No. 5, Argenta No. 1, Lake Fraction,
Gringo Fraction, Vet Fraction and Last
Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the
Portland Canal Mining Division of Cassiar District.
Where located:���On North side of
Bear River, about 18 miles from Stewart.
Take Notiee that I, Frank C. Green,
acting as agent for Argenta Mines,
Limited, Non Personal Liability. Free
Miner's Certificate No. 88156C intend,
sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the
above claims.
And further take notice that action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements.
Dated this 21st  day   of May, 1926.
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HOTEL  ST. REGIS
Vancouver
Corner Seymour and Dunsmuir Streets.
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STEAMSHIPS
Leave STEWART
9:00 a.m. SATURDAY
r, and
[] 10:00 a.m. TUESDAY
PRINCE RUPERT
VANCOUVER
TRAINS LEAVE
PRINCE RUPERT 11:30 A. M.
DAILY
EXCEPT
SUNDAY
ALL POINTS EAST
[] Tuesday boat calls Anyox and  Massett.
S. S. PRINCE JOHN Ex. Prince Rupert fortnightly for
Queen Charlotte Islands.
Agents For All Ocean Steamship Lines
Full Information  and Reservations from
P. S Jack or R. F. McNaughton
Stewart, B. C 1>i3trict P*-S8en-?er A��ent
Prince Rupert   B. C.
PREVENT
FOREST
FIRES
YOU   CAN
H
Join The
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
And help in its
Administration
$1 per year membership fee
The "MERCHANT" -Home
Cooked Meals. Board by the
month, week, or transient meals.
Mrs Stickney,  4th & Columbia.
Dr. C. D. Carter will arrive
early in July to take care of the
dentistry business in Stewart
and Hyder. His present address
is Box 191, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Newell
Rooms
Comfortable Rooms, $1.00
2 Chair BARBERSHOP
Wm. Newell
BATHS 50c.
Clean, Modern,   Convenient.
The Water Is Always Hot!
And we don't mean "Maybe."
New Arrivals
In Smartly Tailored
Suits for Men
We might say a whole lot of fine things about these new lines
of Ready-to Wear Clothing, but we would rather you see them,
and judgefor yourself.
$29.50   to   $4500
We can also show yeu a large range of beautiful cloths from
which to order a Lowndes 20th Century Brand custom made
suit or coat.
sole agent
20th Century and Berger Tailoring Co. Made to Measure Clothing.
BEAMAN     II       7rrrrDTT     STEWART,
block     n.   cLr r Ln  I    I b. c.
B. C. FOREST  SERVICE
BUY the BEST in MEATS
We Sell Govcrnmnet Inspected Products
USE
SHAMROCK BRAND
HAMS BACON LARD BUTTER EGGS POULTRY
P. BURNS & CO. Ltd.
TROY   MINES   BONDS
Bear 7 per cent interest and are convertible into shares of the
NORTHLAND MINING CO. Ltd.
Send for special circular     NORTHLAND SALES COMPANY
describing the Big 5 Mines Dominion Bank Bldg.,
of Portland Canal District. Vancouver, B. C.
Stewart Dairy
J. Campbell,    Prop.
Fresh Milk
Table Oream
Butter
ICE
Buttermilk
Whipping Cream
Beaman Block
Columbia St. Entrance
ELECTRICAL   SUPPLIES
We Carry a Full Line of
Electrical Supplies
Wiring and Motor Installation Our Specialty
EXIDE   STORAGE BATTERIES IN STOCK
ERNEST LOVE,   Electrical Contractor.
Burns Bldg. 5th Street Stewart, B   C.
UNION STEAMSHIPS
The popular T. S. S. CARDENA sails from Stewart
Every monday at midnight for
Prince Rupert and Vancouver via way points.
Northbound;���
T. S, S. Cardena leaves Vancouver every Friday, 9 p. m.
Prince Rupert Sunday. 8 p. m.
For Alice Arm, Anyox and Stewart.
For further information, Reservations Etc.
Apply W. J. CRAWFORD (Crawford Tranfer Co.) Agents.
Office 5th St., Stewart.
Prince Rupert Agent   2nd Ave.   Phone 568
HEAD OFFICES, Union Dock, ft. Carrall St.   Phone Sey. 306. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,    JULY   16,   1926
CAMP   OUTFTS
CAMP COTS & MATTRESSES
CAMP STOVES & UTENSILS
BLANKETS,    QUILTS    ETC.
10 per cent Cash Discount off above
"Take a KODAK with you"
KODAKS, FI11S, DEVELOPING & PRINTING
UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CO.
5th Street,   STEWART, B. C,     G.W.Smith, Mgr.
LYON   &  SCOTT
MEAT    MARKET
VANCOUVER CREAMERY  BUTTER
OL'R FSSSH RANCH EGGS AND CHICKENS
SWIFT'S HAMS AND BACON
HOME-MADE PORK SAUSAGE
All the Best We Can Procure
WONDERFUL GAINS
AT TRAIL SMELTER
Production of the Consolidated
Mining and Smelting Company
of Canada for the six months of
this year has been ahead of the ���
corresponding period of 1925. according to the report jost issued j
by the company covering  the
first half of the ysar.   Increases
i were apparent in every product.
'������ being particularly noticeable in
' the precious metals.
Gold production was more than
trebled and silver ������utput was increased more than 100 per cent.
Lead production increased by
about one-third; zinc   by   nearlj
NOTICE TO ELECTRIC
LIGHT CONSUMERS
Local Stocks
Br H.W.M.******* A Co>
The market situation  during     In order to place Electric Pow-
theweek remained   very  quiet jer at the disposal of the house-
wiih a little aetivity in some of |hoJd during the summer months!
the well known stocks.
Premier appears to be coming
at a reasonable rate, for small
cooking and heating  appliances,
back to its old price. Various we be2 to announce the following
rumors in circulation appeared rates, for Bona-Fide Residences
to have affected the demand for ONLY:���
this stock. I 15 cents Per Kilowatt Hour for
B.C.Silver slackened off a fewithe^ret 15 Kilowatt   Hours;   all
points, but appears to be in good excess over  that   amount   shall
demand, and higher levels  are -* charged for at the rate   of  5
GROCERY
SPECIALS
MONDAY
ONLY
Brookfield Butter
2 Pounds for *5Ci
looked for.
The Marmot river  section   is
coming very much to the front,
especially the south  fork  where
some verv fine ore showings  are
100 per cent, while the   produc-U*^ deveIoped.
cents per Kilowatt Hour.
International Electric Co. j Western
Corn Flakes
tion of copper was initiated and
more than 5000 tons produced as
compared with none last year.
Work on the Dunwell mill,
tram and power plant is progressing  very  rapidly,    and   even
The production for the first six thhthestockhas   ^      f
months of  this  vear  compared'
ith the first stx months of 1925! ,at*ly' }t appears as ,f the Public
���j--
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
ARE TO BE   HAD AT THE
HOTEL STEWART
First Class Cafe in Connection
James McAleenan,   Proprietor.
was as follows:
(are waiting for the last   call  on
1926 1925     tms stoc*{ -r��r a chance   to get in
Silver, ounces 3,306.359 1,595.893 jat the -ower market which usual-
Gold, ounces 2*/,726 8,179. ly occurs just before a call is
Copper, tons 5,461 Nonemade. The forecast for Dunwell
Zinc tons 29,848      15.711: is very proraising  and   the  0id
Lead, tons 61,265      45,682
is very promising
prices for this stock
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
Sunday,   July 18.
Holy Communion
8 a, ra.
Evensong
8 p. m.
Per Packet 10c.
Assorted Jello
2 Packets? for 15c.
Campbell's
Tomatoe Soup
Per Can 13c.
are  looked
MARMOT METALS MINING CO.  Ltd.
and
INDEPENDENCE GOLD MINING CO. Ltd.
Offer exceptional opportunities
in Mining Investments at
present market prices
Full Particulars
H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO.
Specialists ia Portland  Cans!  Stocks
LOST-Yale key, attached to for in the early falL
chain. Return to Peck.   At pres-     The market closed as follows:
ent he has to sleep under a tree.
"The Convenient Hotel"
Three Minutes' Walk from Stewart Wharf
HOTEL    KEITH
Steam Heated Throughout - Electric Lights -  Baths
Newly Furaished=:=^^===Thoroughly Modern
Wm. R. Reid,    Proprietor.
  J B. C. Silver
Dr. H. A. WhriMans, Physician j Dunwell
and Surgeon.   Office, corner 6th Glacier Creek
and  Victoria  Sts.     Hours,   12!,.,.       ,
, .    . -m .,   iindependence
o clack, noon, to 3 p. m..  and by
appointment. I       -���'-a-an
PACIFIC
AND
FRUIT
rphere is a merchant in Vancouver
������p who has built a national reputation
as an expert in his work. Two years
ago he was seriously ill. Since then he
is very careful of his diet. His noonday meal is fruit and Pacific Milk,   be-
Bid
$ 2.10
1.52
.07
.08
.05
1 National Silver .10
I Lakeview new issue .03
Premier 2.11
! Terminus .05
| Silver Crest .���
L&L Glacier Creek  .���-
Victoria Mines . ���
Marmot Metals        ,08��
Porter Idaho. Co.      .���
Ore Mountain .���
Bay View .06
Asked
$ 2.23
1.65
.10
.08*
.06*
.15
.03!
2.15
.10
.12
.12
.20
.11
.08
.25
.10
CARSON'S TAXI
At All Hours
STEWART HOTEL
The
BON    TON
DRESSMAKING
CLEANING REPAIRING
prices seasonable
Mrs. Wm. Hansen
Cat,    It, St.    A  KM* hi.ril
TUGBOATS
Rupert Marine Product.*. Ltd.
Geo. G. Bushby. man. dir.
Prince Rupert,     B.C.
Liberal Meeting
The annual meeting of the Lib-
cause he discovered quite by accident | eral Association will be  held   in
I that Pacific Milk agrees with him per
| fectly, while fresh milk could not al-
: ways be relied upon.
W. J. WAKEFIELD
Light and Heavy Transfer
Wood for Sale
We Buy Bottles
Stand at Welcome Pool Hall
HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT
A Real GOOD Hotel
H. B. ROCHESTER, Man*gtr
European Plan $1.50 per day ut>
CRESCENT
FURNISHED ROOMS
HYDER,  B. C.
Rates $1 ��� H. H. HICKS. Prop.
PACIFIC  MILK
Head Office,  Vancouver.
Factories at Abbotsford & Ladner B.C.
Moose Hall at 8:30 p.m. July 28.
LOST���On Bear River Road
between Stewart and Ward's
Pass, on east side of road���Compass and Chronometer. Reward
to finder at News office.
MINERAL ACT.
Certificate ot Imorovements.
NOTICE.
Radio, Radio No. 1, Radio No. 2,
Radio No. 3, Radio Fractional and
Creek Mineral C laims, situate in the
Portland Canal Mining Division of Cassiar District.
Where located:-North of Bitter
Creek about 4 miles above highway
bridge.
Take Notice that 1, Frank C. Green
of 221 Pemberton Building, Victoria,
acting as agent for Radio-Stewart
Mines Limited, N.P.L., Free Miner's
Certificate No. 3771D intend, sixty
days from the date hereof, to apply to
the Mining Recorder for a Certificate
of Improvements, for the purpose of
obtaining a Crown Grant of the above
claims.
And further take notice that action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvementa.
Dated this 21st day of June, A. D.
1926. 5
WATER notice.
DIVERSION   ASD   USE.
TAKE  NOTICE that Big  Missouri'
Mining Company, whose address is 601
London Building. 626 Pender St. West, ,
Vancouver, B.C., will  apply  for a  license to take and  use  100 cubic  feet-
per second of water out of Long  Lake
Creek, better known as Cascade Creek,
which flows southerly from Long Lake
and drains into Silver Lake about the
centre of the easterly side of the  said j
Silver Lake.   The water will be divert-*
ed from the stream  at a point about
2000 feet from Long Lake and will be
used for power purpose upon the mine
described  as  Big   Missouri  group  of
mineral claims being Lots 3205 to 3224
inclusive, Salmon River Valley,   Portland Canal Mining Division,  Group  1,
District of Cassiar, British Columbia.
This notice was posted on the ground
on the 17th day of June, 1926. A copy r
of this notice and an amplication pursuant thereto and to the "Water Act"
will be filed in the office of the Water
Recorder at Prince Rupert, British
Columbia.
Objections to the application may be
filed with tne said Water Recorder or
with the Comptroller of Water Rights, |
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C,
within thirty days after the first appearance of this notice in a local newspaper.
BIG MISSOURI MINING COMPANY.
Applicant.
By P. E. Peterson, Agent.
The date of the first publication of
this notice is 25th day of June, A. D.
1926.
PETTER
VICKERS-PETTER
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Good Tables   ���   Cigars
Cigarettes and Tobaccos
Norman Fleming
Proprietor.
Cor. 5th & Columbia, Stewart
It Does Not
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To Ride In
A Good Car
The NASH LIGHT SIX is
the Best Car in Town
Stewart Motors & Taxi
C. M. Adam, Manager.
Day and Night Service.
Office Marmot Hotel Bldg.            _      Columbia St.
SHOEMAKER
A. Hendrickson
4th and Columbia
Boots and Shoes
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or
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GET OUR BID
on
Moving That Freight
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P.O.Box 133,   STEWART, B.C.
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GROCERIES
AND
PROVISIONS
J. W. WILSON
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CAimney
Fires
WELSH
ANTHRACITE
COAL
Makes NO SOOT and
Drives out all soot left by
Soft Coal.
Clean to handle
$23 per ton
Delivered
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Agent
5th Street, Stewart
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Weekly Sailings Fn
Stewart Direct To
Smelters.
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