provincial Library, Victoria, B. C. THE NEWS WILL KEEP SEND THIS COPT TO TOU POSTED ON THE YOUR FRIEND WHO DEVELOPMENT OP THE. WANTS INFORMATION MINES—$5.00 THE YEAR Portland Canal News ABOUT THIS DISTRICT. Dsootei to ths Interests of ths Mining Districts ol Northwestern British Columbia VOL. 8, NO. 17 STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1926 $5 THE YEAR—10c. the Copy LIBERALS WILL BIG SHOWINGS PLEASED WITH GREAT FIND ON SEATTLE CO. SITUATION ON CONTROL HOUSE ON DALHOUSIE CHIEF METALS OUTLAND SILVER ONJARMOT THEDUNWELL Gain Enough Seats to Have Development work on the Dal­ Highly pleased with their visit What i,s declared by oldtime Thos. Campbell, well known Managing Director Tells of Working Majority—J. C. housie group this summer has to the property of the Chief Met­ miners and prospectors of the mining man, who is heavily in- Plan to Raise $70,000.00 disclosed the presence of three als Mining Co., situated a short district who have seen it to be a terested in the Marmot river sec­ Brady Wins Over Stork And Reasons for New distinct ore deposits, all differ­ distance southeast of the Big discovery of first magnitude, has tion, returned from the south In Skeena Riding ing in character, but each wor­ Missouri, and with the outlook been made on the Outland Silver Monday night after an absence Stock Issue thy of extensive exploration. for the district in general, a Bar property near the head of of more than a year, and will en­ Prince Rupert, Sept.16.—The W.A.Pratt of Vancouver, who is! party of heavy shareholders left Salmon glacier. This consists gage in active development on a R.M.Stewart, managing direc­ election returns to date give the heavily interested in the prop­ for their home in Seattle last! of uncovering an immense de- group of Marmot river claims tor of the Dunwell mines, in a following results: Liberals, 119; erty and has spent most of the Sunday after spending a week posit of galena ore, lying be for a Seattle company. He will statement recently given to the Liberal Progressives, 11; Con­ summer there, has brought in a in the camp. They are: O. H. 1 tween two dykes which, by ac-first examine the work dene dur­ Victoria press, said that any lit­ servatives, 91; Progressives. 8; display of samples from the var- Ebbinghouse, president of the' tual measurement, are 125 feet ing the summer on the various tle excitement concerning the United Farmers, 11; Labor, 2; ious veins. company and chief of the fire de-1 apart, though whether the en- claims of the group, and then Dunwell can only proceed from Independent, 2. Mr King will Most of the work has been partment in Seattle; G. Norton, tire space between them is filled decide upon his program, which a lack of knowledge of the exact have 129 members pledged to concentrated on a vein that is'company director and sergeant with the vein cannot be deter- is already determined to the ex­ situation of the company's affairs his support, therefore the resig­ about 20 feet wide and is heav-1 on the Seattle police force; W. j mined until a tunnel is driven tent of putting on a crew to caused through wild reports and nation of the Meighan Govern­ ily mineralized with iron sulph­ Erickson and O. Carlson, hotel | and crosscuts run. work until the snow drives them rumors. ment is expected at the earliest ides and copper, the ore averag­ men. The find was made well up on off the hill. The result of this Mr Stewart explained that in possible date. ing about $25 per ton in all val­ Mr Norton, who spent sixteen the mountain and an open cut 12 will to an extent determine the carrying out the plan of devel­ J. C. Brady, Coaservative, is ues, A cut was made across, years in the mines of the south- feet in length put in without lo­ character and location of the de­ opment, which included the erec­ undoubtedly electrd in Skeena this vein and faced up te al west states, is emphatic in his cating either wall of the vein. velopment to be started next tion of an up-to-date mill, power riding. With a number of small height of 12 feet, and a tunnel assertion that nowhere in the Two hundred feet down the hill spring, for which the company plant and tram line, provision is polls to hear from, Mr Brady is has been started. This vein has famous mining districts can the from this some shots were put have already provided funds. being made for blocking out ore into the capping and the same bodies in the mine so that, once today leading by something like been picked up 1000 feet further extent of mineralization and gen­ However, should he be able to character of ore disclosed. A work is started, there will be no 250. Later returns cannot make up the hill where samples taken eral value of the ores compare open up shipping ore in a spot tunnel has been started from let-up from lack of ore supply. much change. assayed $54 with $20 in gold. with the Portland Canal district. from which the ore can be safely this point, and it is possible that This makes it necessary, in the Another vein nine feet wide "If this section lay anywhere in moved during the winter season, Election day passed quietly in work upon it will continue dur- opinion of the directors, to have has heen traced for a distance of the States," he said, "there work will continue throughout Stewart, with both sides work­ an additional $70,000, or ten per­ 3000 feet and carries from 10 to would be a stampede that would ing the winter. the winter. ing hard to round up the votes. 15 per cent copper and from 8 toj surpass all records in the history C.F.Hibbard, a prominent fur cent of the present capitalization. Stork carried the town by a ma­ 12 ounces in silver, with only a'of hard rock camps. The near- man of Seattle, who has made a The proposition for the ab­ jority of eight. A total of 366 trace in gold. I est I have seen to this is the old great deal of money in mining, BIG TIME AT sorption of this amount is to votes was cast, the same number An immense zinc deposit has Leadville camp." Both Mr Nor- is heavily interested in the Out­ offer this to the present share­ JIS last fall. been partially exposed by open ton and Mr Ebbinghouse are sat- land Silver Bar, and upon receipt holders on easy terms, pro rata cutting, but Mr Pratt says thelisfied that in the Chief Metals of the news of this recent strike HICK DANCE to the holdings they now have. This matter, the statement as­ extent of this can best be deter­ they have a nice milling proper­ came up to see it. Last fall, The Hick Hard Times Dance serts, and the whole situation, WILL PREMIER mined by diamond drilling which ty, the latter declaring that there when this vein was unknown, given last evening by the Stew­ will be laid before a meeting of it is expected will be undertaken would be no question about pro­ and before the present season's art Basketball Club was a huge the shareholders at the earliest next year. viding funds to place the prop­ work bad greatly improved the TAKE TORIC? success. The club's splendid opportunity. Before starting to mine, a good erty on a productive basis. ore showings on the veins pre­ five-piece orchestra supplied the The development account that Louis Reynolds, well known trail was built from the foot of Emil Davis, manager of the viously located, Mr Hibbard de­ music for the crowded floor of has absorbed the surplus capital oldtimer of Stewart and Alice the mountain to the property, property, reports that the tunnel clared himself as determined to dancers, and kept up the enjoy­ really constitutes an investment Arm, arrived from the latter and a log camp constructed at an is now in 185 feet, following a "go the limit" on this property. ment until the wee sma' hours. in the mine. It has been carried camp Monday night. He says elevation of 2200 feet. This vein that varies from four to six "I seem to have a faculty for The supper tables were placed out under the instructions of there is a belief there that the work consumed considerable time feet in width and carries values picking winners," he said, "and down the center ot the floor, on Matthew Little, engineer in Premier Gold Mining Co. are but is of a permanent nature and from a few dollars up to $65 per am satisfied that this is another which a supper, served by the charge, and has been done to en­ about to take over the develop­ an asset for the future. ton. The program laid out for one." girl members of the club, of sure a continuous supply of 100 ment of the Toric mine. Bert F. next year includes the construc­ Pat McBride, known all over baked beans, with a keg of cider the northwest as a successful tons of ore per day for the mill, Smith, superintendent of the SUCH IS LIFE tion of a power plant and the in­ in a corner. prospector and a good judge of the building of which has been Premier, recently examined the stallation of a compressor and IN STEWART mineral properties, says the new Original and comic costumes completed and machintry order­ Toric, and on his suggestion some machine drills.