Omineca Herald
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-01
issued: 1912-09-27
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note: I ���oLt/w-c THE OMINECA Vol. 5. No. iSr \/v HAZELTON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 27. 1912 TEN PAGES HIGH GRADE ORE ON NEW CLAIMS Reservoir Group Proves up to Standard ���Just Back of Hew Hazelton Townsite. WILL PLANT TWO APPLE ORCHARDS North Coast Land Company Will Experiment With Fruit for the Benefit of Settlers The Reservoir Group of seventeen claims on Rocher de Boule mountain are showing themselves to be something in the mammoth class. Messrs. Halleron and Thompson were out the past week and brought in some samples with them to have assayed. They had three different samples run, and four samples they still have. These latter are high-grade and do not need to be assayed. The three samples run gave the following results:���No. 1 sample, silver, $28.50; copper, $79.22; total, $107.74. No. 2 sample, copper only, $42.50. No. 3 sample, copper only, $61.20. Early next spring a wagon i oad will be built up to the proposed camp above the falls and operations will be started. These claims are on the New Hazelton side of the mountain and just back of that town. The boys say they have a big proposition, large veins and lots of them, and if they are correct this group alone will make New Hazelton an important shipping point for ore. Samples of the ore can be seen in Harvey & McKinnon's window. BIG MINING MEN IN THE DISTRICT Examined Highland Boy Group Adjoining Rocher de Boule- Will Return Next Year Mr. Freeland, representing the North Coast Land Co., of Vancouver, returned Monday from Bulklev Valley, where he had been in the interests of his firm. He also attended the exhibition in Telkwa on Saturday and reports that it was a great success. He got several pictures of the exhibits, especially of the vegetables, which he says were the finest he ever saw. In speaking of the operations of his company Mr. Freeland stated that he was going down the river to Schan- dilia on Tuesday to complete arrangements for clearing several acres of land there and in the Kitwancool valley for the purpos…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Hazelton (B.C.)
spatial: Hazelton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0211741
language: English
lat: 55.2558330
long: -127.6755560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Hazelton, B.C. : C. H. Sawle
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