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I, NO. 12\nHAZELTON, B. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1911\nPRICE $2.00 A YEAR\nTO OPERATE\nFrench Syndicate Acquires\nSlate Creek Placer Leases\nfrom Kildare Mining Co.\nTornado Kills Scores\nChicago: Scores of people were\nkilled by a tornado in Illinois, Wisconsin and New England slates\non Tuesday. The property loss\nruns into millions. Cold weather\nprevails throughout the East.\nWILL EXPENDJ250.000\nNew Operators Expect to Send Men and\nSupplies in Over Winter Trail Extensive Ground Prospected Favorably\nand will Yield Very Large Profits. I\nDevelopments of the past sea- j\nson in the Omineca river placer,\ndistrict have removed all doubts |\nas to the success of future operations on the creeks of the\nfamous old gpldfield. In this\nconnection the important announcement is made that Slate\ncreek, covered by the leases of\nthe Kildare Mining company, of\nwhich H. M. Beach is the head,\nis to be worked by a French\nsyndicate which has just taken\nover the property.\nThe new operators, who have\nguaranteed the expenditure of\n$250,000 in development, will operate on a large scale, and are\nnow planning to send men and\nsupplies in to the creek over the\nsnow, using dog teams for transport. By adopting this plan\nthey can have everything in\nreadiness for actual mining at\nthe opening of the season.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd The Slate creek leases included\nin the deal adjoin the ground\nwhich Huderle & Otterson are\nengaged in developing, and tests\nshow it to carry excellent pay.\nHazelton a Central\nTelegraph Station\nBy a change in the system, the\nHazelton office of the Government telegraphs has been made\na central relay station. Henceforth all messages to and from\npoints on the branch line which\nruns to Prince Rupert and the\nline running north to Dawson,\nwill be taken here and relayed to\ntheir destination. The innovation, while an improvement on\nthe former system, entails much\nadditional work for the local\nstaff, which is to be increased by\nthe appointment of another operator. Jack Wrathall, who has\nmanipulated a key in the Hazelton office before, is now on his\nway up the river to join the staff.\nOF DOMINION PARLIAMENT\nIn Speech from the Throne Governor-General\nOutlines Important Legislation-Permanent\nCommission on Tariff will be Appointed\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nImproved Trade Arrangements with Other\nDominions \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd New Senators Appointed.\nFamine in Russia\nSt. Petersburg: Eight million\npeople are in dire want, owing to\nthe failure of crops in twenty\nRussian provinces. The premier\nslated yesterday that $60,000,-\n000 would be required for relief.\nAustralian Elections\nMelbourne, Nov. 17: -The result of the state elections in\nVictoria shows few changes in\nthe political complexion of the\nconstituencies. The Conservative government was sustained,\nits majority being still over\ntwenty. This was the first\nelection in Victoria in which\nwomen were allowed to vote.\nRECOMMENOEO FOR MEDAL\nALPINE REGION SHAKEN\nEarthquake Causes Panic in Cities of\nSwitzerland, Being Felt Over\nWide Area\nBerne, Nov. 17 : \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA violent\nearthquake shock was felt\nthroughout Switzerland last\nnight. The disturbance was especially strong in the Alpine regions. In Geneva street cars\nwere derailed. Theater panics\noccurred in Berne and Zurich.\nThe earthquake was felt throughout a wide area in central Europe, many castles and churches\nbeing damaged. No estimate of\nthe loss is possible at present.\nBob McDonald's Heroism may be Recognized by Trustees of\nCarnegie Fund\nSteel Nearing Provincial Line\nEdmonton, Nov. 17:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe\nGrand Trunk Pacific construction\ncrews have laid steel to a point\nwithin three miles of the British\nColumbia boundary. The Canadian Northern also has crews\nclose to the provincial boundary,\nand there is keen rivalry between\nthe construction gangs of the\nrailways.\n(Special to The Miner)\nVancouver, Nov. 15:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Leon\nBenoit, director of the British\nColumbia Coal syndicate, which\nhas thirty thousand acres of coal\nlands in the Groundhog mountain\ndistrict, at the headwaters of the\nSkeena, is in town. He stated\nthat he would bring to the attention of the trustees of the Carnegie fund the heroic achievement of Robert McDonald, the\nHazelton miner, and David Mow-\nat, the Indian who assisted him\nin his remarkable feat of transporting his sick partner, John\nBlume, from the coal fields to\nHazelton.\nOttawa, Nov. 16: In splendor\nand impressiveness the ceremonial opening of parliament today\nexcelled anything in the history\nof the capital. The military display, seen amid bright sunshine\nin a snowy landscape, with the\nstately parliament buildings as a j\nbackground, formed a memorable:\npicture. Crowds filled the Commons and Senate chambers and\ngalleries. TheDukeof Connaught,\nopening his first parliament as\nGovernor-general, made an excellent impession. In his speech .\nfrom the throne, which he delivered in English and French,\nhe expressed pleasure in meeting\nthe members of the first parliament of his term. He was gratified to take up the duties of\nviceroy in this prosperous and\ngrowing Dominion. He foreshadowed improved trade ar-!\nrangements with the West Indies\nand British Guiana as a step in |\nthe direction of wider exchange\nof products between the various\ncountries of the Empire. The\ncensus, he said, showed thej\ngrowth of the country to have\nbeen substantial and satisfactory,\neven though not up to expecta- j\ntions.\nTurning to the legislative pro-\ngram, His Royal Highness stated\nthat bills would be introduced by i\nwhich the government can secure,\nthrough a commission, control of\nthe terminal grain elevators on\nthe Great Lakes. -\nThe government also intended\nto establish a permanent tariff\ncommission to investigate conditions as affected by customs\nlaws and secure information\nwhich will furnish a more stable\nand satisfactory basis for future\ntariff legislation.\nThe selection of the best route\nfor the Hudson's Bay railway\nwould engage the immediate attention of the government.\nSenator Lougheed, government leader in the Senate, introduced a formal bill, and the\nmembers of parliament returned\nto the Commons, where Premier\nBorden introduced the formal\nbill.\nPrince Edward Island\nIs Now Conservative\nTwo New Senators\nOttawa. Nov. 17:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA. S. Good-\neve. M. P. for Kootenay, has\nbeen appointed assistant to the\nchief whip. George Taylor, who\nretired in favor of Finance Minister White, after being in the\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJouse for nearly thirty years,\nhas been appointed senator, in\nsuccession to Sir John Carling,\nwho died last week. Rufus H.\nPope, son of Hon. J. H. Pope,\nminister of railroads in the last\nMacdonald Cabinet, has been appointed senator, to succeed the\nlate Senator Baker.\nCharlottetown, P. E. I., Nov.\n16:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe result of the two bye\nelections held in this province\nyesterday seals the fate of the\nLiberal government. Premier\nPalmer was defeated in Augustus\nby Dr. Dewar, the Conservative\ncandidate, while in Belfast, Prof.\nAlexander McPhail, Independent,\ndefeated Editor Nash, the government candidate. Before these\nelections, the parties stood, Liberal sixteen, Conservative fourteen.\nNova Scotia Bye Elections\nHalifax; Nov. 16: Conservatives captured two seats in the\nNova Scotia bye-elections yesterday. In Digby, Marshall defeated Wall and in Lunenburg,\nZwicker defeated Duff. The\nopposition now holds thirteen\nseats and the government twenty-\nfive.\nDevelopment of Coal Measures\nin the Big Copper River Field\nWILL SKATE ON LAKE\nAthletic Association Constructs Large\nRink and Club House\nA Townsite Announcement\nTelegraphic advices from Vancouver convey the information\nthat lot 851, which the Grand\nTrunk Pacific announces as the |\nsite of its Hazelton station and\nthe official townsite, is to be\nplaced on the market in a few\ndays. It is understood that the\nNatural Resources Security company, which is identified with the\nnew town, will devote its attention to the development of lot\n852, which will probably be made\nan addition to South Hazelton.\nAldous & Murray, the Hazelton agents for the G. T. P. town-\nsite, have been notified that full\ninformation regarding the South\nHazelton program has been:\nmailed from Vancouver, so that\nthe people of the town may look\nfor details of the\nwithin a few days.\nproposition\nOther sites proposed for the\nskating rink proving impracticable, the Athletic association\ncommittee having the matter in !\ncharge reported at last Saturday's\nmeeting in favor of the Charleson\nlake location, and were empowered to make the necessary arrangements for the establishment\nand maintenance of a rink on the,\nlake. Tho committee, which con- j\nsists of Rev. D. R. McLean, Ar-|\nthur Skelhorne and A. C. Aldous, i\nwent energetically to work, with\nthe result that a rink of excellent\nproportions has been prepared\nfor use by the hockey team asj\nwell as those who skate merely I\nas a pastime. The rink has been!\nboarded to a height of four feet, I\nand a large cabin has been built\nand provided with a stove. The,\nbuilding will serve as a dressing\nroom on the occasion of a hockey\nmatch, while at other times It\nwill add greatly to the comfort\nof skaters.\nSeason tickets for the rink, the |\nprice of which is $2, may be procured from the secretary, Roy\nMcDonell.\nAlthough the coalfields lying\nto the north are of great magnitude and promise a wonderful\nproduction of fuel, they do not\nby any means include all the valuable coal measures of Omineca\ndistrict. On the Copper river\nthere is a new field which appears\nto be second only to the great\nGroundhog country. F. B. Chet-\ntleburgh, who is now in Hazelton,\ninforms the Miner that the work\nof development on these properties, which are owned by the\nCopper River Coal company, a\nsyndicate subsidiary to the\nNational Finance Co., is being\ncontinued with good results.\nThe Copper river measures,\nwhich are covered by 75 claims,\nhave long been known, but were\nnot located until April, 1909,\nwhen J. K. Ashman and (!. L.\nFaulkner staked the property.\nThe locators conveyed the claims\nto the syndicate in the same\nyear. Some months ago English\ncapitalists, represented by R. H.\nFresby, secured an option on the\nproperty at a high figure, but the\nsyndicate still continues working.\nThe property, which has been\nexamined and endorsed by experts of international reputation,\nis situated at the confluence of\nCoal creek and Copper river, 51!\nmiles above Copper City and 30\nmiles west of Seymour lake,\nwhich is on the Bulkley side of\nthe Telkwa mountains, in Pine\ncreek pass. The railway may be\nreached in about the same distance by taking the Kitseguecla\npass and following the river of\nthat name to its mouth, a few\nmiles below Hazelton.\nSeven seams have been exposed\nFISHERIES INVESTIGATION\nDominion Government will Look Into\nQuestion of Licences for\nSalmon Fishing\nj by the work so far done. These\nvary in thickness from 28 inches\nto 5 feet 5 inches of clean coal,\nj with a strike of ten degrees north\njof northwest and pitching thirty\n1 degrees from the horizontal on\n' the outcrops. Owing to the favorable nature of the ground,\nprospecting and development can\nbe prosecuted by means of tun-\nnels for some time to come.\nThe coal is classed as bitumin- J\nous, and is of high grade, suitable not only for steaming, but,\nbeing excellent coking coal, isi\nadapted to all smelting and metal-\nlurgieal purposes. Analyses show j\na very low percentage of ash, the\nmaximum being three, with seven |\nper cent water, 52 per cent fixed\ncarbon and UN per cent volatile\nmatter. It returns 54 per cent\ncoke.\nUnder the direction of F. B.\nChettlebuEgh, development work\nhas been in progress for a year\nand a half. The \"Six-foot\" tunnel has been driven 156 feet on a|\nseam carrying four and a half\nI feet of clean coal, and has a;\ndepth on the seam of over eighty i\ni feet. Opposite this tunnel, \\\n\\ where the same seam crops\nacross the creek, ground has been\nbioken for a permanent working\ntunnel, six by eight in the clear.\nThe crew of live men will contin-\niue work on this tunnel during the\nwinter. There is.. prospect tunnel 112 feet long and a large\nnumber of cuts, pits and tunnels\nvarying in depth from fifteen to\nforty feet.\nThe company has good buildings and plenty of supplies, which\nwere taken in from Hazelton\nover the Telkwa pack trail.\n(Special to The Miner)\nVancouver, Nov. 17:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAttorney-general Bowser and Commissioner of Lands Ross have\nreturned from Ottawa. Mr.\nBowser announces that the question of fishing licences will be\nthoroughly investigated. Hereafter no licences will be issued\nby the Dominion except to bona\nfide operators of canneries, and\nthose held otherwise will be\ncancelled. Premier McBride will\nreturn on Monday. He visited\nNew York and is now in Chicago.\nCars for G. T. P.\n(Special In The Minor)\nVancouver, Nov. 17: The tug\nEscort is towing the barge Georgian to PrinceRupert with rolling\nstock for the G. T. P., including\nthree passenger coaches, one\nbaggage car and several freight\ncars.\nSKEENA FRUIT LANDS\nProvincial Official Reports Favorably\non Possibilities.\n(Special to The Miner)\nVictoria, Nov. 17: There is a\nlarge acreage of farming land at\nMeanskinisht and Kitwangak\nwhich is well spoken of, and\nalso considerable arable land\naround Hazelton, says J. F.\nCarpenter, assistant provincial\nhorticulturist, in an exhaustive\nreport presented to the department of agriculture. During the\npast summer Mr. Carpenter visited the districts reviewed in his\nreport, and gained a most favorable impression of the possibilities of the country. The report\nis contained in bulletin No. 33,\nwhich is a well illustrated, interesting and valuable treatise on\nthe fruit-growing possibilities of\nthe Skeena districts and Porcher\nIsland. The report states that\nnot much fruit land is available\nin the neighborhood of Prince\nRupert, but speaks highly of the\ncountry around Kitsumkalum\nand Lakelse lakes. The G. T. P.\nwill provide a market for all that\ncan be produced in the district.\nCHINA TRIES\nFirst Premier, Yuan Shi Kai,\nAssumes Office and Appoints Cabinet Ministers.\nNOBLES ARE EXCLUDED\nMandarins at a Discount in New Ministry\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Revolutionary Forces are Still Gaining Ground Yokohama Banks Make\nLarge Loan to Manchurian Authorities.\nPeking, Nov. 16:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAn Imperial\nedict, issued today, announces\nthe formation of a cabinet by the\nnew minister, Yuan Shi Kai.\nThe ministry includes few Man-\nchus and no nobles. The premier insists on being given a free\nhand in the government, which\nhe intends to carry on with the\nsupport of as many pro\\ inces as\npossible, allowing the remainder\nto retain their independence for\nthe time being.\nThe southern half of the province of Fo Kian has passed into\nthe hands of the revolutionists,\nwho are planning an attack on\nPeking in the near future.\nThe population of the city is\nwithout arms and there are no\ndisaffected troops within immediate striking distance of the\ncapital.\nYokohama banks have made a\nloan equivalent to $11,000,000 to\nthe Viceroy of Manchuria, which\nis now threatened with internal\nstrife.\nSILVER STANDARD PLANS\nNew Camp Will Accommodate Thirty\nMen-Long Crosscut Tunnel\nTo Be Run\nIn preparation for the prosecution of their new plans for developing the Silver Standard group,\nthe management of the property\nis now engaged in constructing\ncomfortable buildings in a better\nlocation than the present camp.\nThe new buildings include cookhouse, bunkhouse, blacksmith\nshop and barn, and will accommodate thirty men.\nIt is intended to drive a crosscut tunnel to tap the three veins\nalready disclosed and any others\nthere may be on the group. Surveys show that a tunnel 1300\nfeet long will crosscut the upper\nvein at a depth of 600 feet. In\nabout a month, when the new\nbuildings are completed, ground\nwill be broken, and work on the\nnew tunnel'will proceed continuously with as large a crew as\ncan be worked to advantage.\nBig Sum for Coal Mining\nVictoria, Nov. 17: The Canadian Collieries, operated by\nMackenzie & Mann, will expend\n$1,500,000 in the next twelve\nmonths in the equipment and\nimprovement of the Cumberland\ncoal mines. Work is already\nunder way.\nG. T. P. Owns Name\nVancouver, Nov. 16: The\nGrand Trunk Pacific was today\ngranted an injunction in its suit\nbefore Justice Morrison against\nthe Grand Trunk Pacific Transfer company of this city, to prevent the use by that concern of\nthe name Grand Trunk Pacific.\nThe court upheld the contention\nof the railway company that the\nwords were part of its corporate\nname and decided that no company had a right to use them\nwithout the consent of the railway. THE OMINECA MINER. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1311\nmmeca\ninner\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd3!iiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiimiiiii;\ufffd\ufffd\nPublished every Saturday at Hazelton, the Center of the d\nGreat Omineca District ok British Columbia. =\nMacdonald & Rauk, Publishers and Proprietors.\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a g\nyear; Foreign, Throe Dollars a year. ~\nADVERTISING RATES: Display, $1.50 per inch per month; Reading' |\nNotices, 15 cents per line Cor first insertion. 111 cents per line for each subsequenl ~\ninsertion. Legal notices inserted at H. ('. (lazette rates. =\ni years. The prairie section will [\npay. The mountain section and\nthe eastern section will not pay\nat once, but the government\nassistance will cover any deficit.\n\"The mileage west of the great\nlakes is about the same as that of\nthe Canadian Pacific, and the two\nroads practically parallel, commencing 550 miles apart at the\nPacific coast, and converging at\nFort William and Winnipeg.\"\nVol. I.\nSaturday, November is, 1911.\nNo. 12. |\n&>\n5S\ntn\nO\nre\n^\n\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffdi\no\n\ufffd\ufffd\nS\ncx>\no\nS3\n\ufffd\ufffd3\neyj\nl.'.i-\nG\neo\n>-<\n\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd5\nCO\nv>\no\n&\n\ufffd\ufffd-^\nr.-.j *\nEX,\ncsu-\n.\ufffd\ufffd\nro\n\ufffd\ufffd-<\n;.-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-<\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n<<\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdei\n