GEORGE CITIZEN 23 PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1929. Five Cents C. Mines Set New High Record For 1928 Metal Prices Were Down The Tonnage Extracted Reached Highest Point Dividends of SI 1,556,683 Earned on Gross Production For The Year of $65,372,588 in Values Victoria. June 4�Increased produc- ,i(,',r widespread development and satisfactory profits were the outstanding features of the mining industry ol British Columbia during 1928,'accord-in,r to returns made to Hon. W. A. McKenzie. minister of mines, at the rncl of May, consequent on the annual check-up of reports from all sections of the province by Provincial Mineralogist John D. Galloway. These figures show last year can be described Is the most successful in provincial mining history, the complete figures droving the preliminary estimate to iave been approximately $1,000,000 short on the value of the year's production, and the aggregate of dividends naid during 1928 by B. C. mining companies also having been considerably under-calculated. The figures indicate that while,'owing to the lower level of metal prices, the aggregate output value of $65,-372 583 was $1,816,239 less than that for the record year of 1926, on the other hand the aggregate amount of metals and minerals was the greatest on record, 6.241,310 tons of metalliferous ores having been mined and treated in 1928 as compared with 5 416.621 tons in 1927. and 4,775.173 if valued at 1926 prices would have been worth approximately $75,000,000. Dividends declared by the leading companies operating in the province, were: Consolidated M. & S. Co.....$ 6,366,594 Premier Gold Mining Co..... 1,300,000 Howe Sound Company .......... 1,984,152 Duthie Mines Ltd................... 50,000 Granby Con. M&S Co. Ltd. 1,344,515 Bell Mining Co....................... 55,714 Whitewater Mines Ltd....... Crows Nest Pass Coal Co..... 372,696 Clayburn Co. Ltd................... 32,000 Others .......................................... 51,017 New Water Mains Serve to Improve Public Health Wells in Low-Lying Sections May Be Condemned By City Health Officer Following Inspection With the exception of the dividends declared by the Granby Co. those of the leading companies are practically the same as for last year. The Granby dividends were up almost a mil- City Council Acts on Recommendation To Improve Reception Condition For Radio Users At the meeting of the city council on Monday evening the opinion was expressed that with the extension of the municipal watermains to the edge of the slough which reaches the ends of Victoria, Vancouver and Rupert streets a solution has been found to a serious health situation. Some difficulty was met with in the attempt to bring the city water within the Big Hixon Creek Gives Very High Assays Immense Quantity of Material Offers Inviting Field For Steam Shovel Operation Deposit Is of Such Great Extent That Representative Sampling Is Big Undertaking lion. The Whitewater mines, which j reach of all residents in this locality declared a dividend of $10,000 in 1927,. but this has been overcome and the do not appear in the list for 1928. There is a marked increase in the dividends of the small mines. These showed dividends of $8,300 for 1927, but were up to $51,017 for 1928. The growth of mining dividends has been marked since 1923. For the past six years they were: 1923 .............................:.............\.$ 2,809.295 1924 ................................................ 2.896,174 lf>25 ...........................,.................. 6.319,808 1926 .............................................. 9,747,270 1927 ............................................. 10.800.838 1928............................................. 11.556,688 A dividend record of $11,556,683 from a gross production of $65,372,588, or 17.7 per cent is excellent and shows that mining in British Columbia is 7 in 1926. In fact 1928 production I distinctly profitable. Tourist Travel Now Important Revenue Source Auto Is Steadily Displacing Railroad and Steamship Lines As Means of Transport Central Interior Received Little of the S18,000,000 Spent By Tourists In B. C. Last Year . What was the foreign tourist trade of 1923, in dollars and cents, worth to the Dominion of Canada? This is a little problem in arithmetic which has received a great deal of attention during the past few months by the automobile associations as a talking l>oint in their campaign for more roads and beter roads. The most exact information obtainable comes from Dominion Bureau of Statistics, and while Liberals Urge Claim of City for Next Convention next step will be an examination of the shallow wells in the neighborhood from which the water supply has been drawn since the city was incorporated. This it is expected will result in their condemnation. While the water leve! in the rivers remained high the water from these wells has not been very objectionable but? during the recent extraordinary low stage of the present year it has become offensive and regarded as a menace to public health The members of the city council refused to commit themselves on the proposal of the Saanich municipality that the government be requested to have an amendment made to the Municipal Act which would prohibit the erection of billboards within municipalities. As the act stands at present the municipal authority has the power to regulate the erection of billboards so that they may not become objectionable, and in the opinion of several members of the council this measure of control was sufficient for all purposes. It was suggested there might | be instances in which the owner of : a vacant lot might the opportunity of I securing some revenue by the letting Fort George District and Prince > of the bill-boarding privileges, and so George Association Elect Officers For Ensuing Year Resolution Adopted Expressing Confi dence and Appreciation of Work of H. G. Perry At the annual meeting of the For George District Liberal Association and of the Prince George Liberal Association, held on Friday evening in the salesroom of the Home Furnishers resolutions of confidence in Hon. W L. Mackenzie King, and of his administration in Dominion affairs, and of appreciation of the leadership of T. D. Pattullo, in the provincial legislature were adopted. A resolution expressing confidence in H. G. Perry, and of appreciation tile'fTgures'for 1928"are not yet avail- for his sustained effort, extending over able there is every reason to believe the total will exceed the sum of $400,-000.000. The possibility of sharing in this golden harvest furnishes the greatest incentive to provincial governments in launching highway enterprises of such magnitude as would have created consternation with their ministers of finance five years ago. All of this huge sum of $400,000,000 is not derived from the persons who visit Canada annually in their motor cars, but the greater part of it is. The figures issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for 1927 show that io the automobile Canada is indebted to approximate 70 per cent of this revenue. The growth of this revenue has kept pace with the development oi the automobile industry. For the year 1920 the total stood at $83,734,000. It shows a steady progression until (Continued on Page Eight) -------------o----------� LIMITED SUPPLY OF GOATS' MILK HAS BEEN RENDERED AVAILABLE Residents of the city will be interested in the announcement which appears in another column to the effect 'hat a supply of goats' mlik is now available to those who wish to secure its benefit. This supply comes as the result of efforts of Chas. W. Moore and G. Friemuller. As a food for infants and invalids, goats' milk has no �mal and when obtainable is prescribed by the medical profession in "> maternity wards of the leading spitals on the continent. Repeated tests have proved to the health authorities that the milk re- ho: for immune Quires no pasteurization, neither do Boats have to undergo the test tuberculosis, they being quite imn Jrom all malignant bacilli. l! has taken years of effort to break down the popular prejudice towards eoatsi but the high infant mortality through malnutrition, and the enormous increase of the white plague naye now been checked and humanly s first food, pure milk, alone is responsible for it. The governments of Canada and the united states recognize this fact, and Pamphlets regarding milk goats can be "otained free on application to the ^Pnrtments at Ottawa, Victoria and Washington. many years, to advance the material welfare of the Fort George district, was received with marked enthusiasm. This resolution expressed" the hope the services of Mr. Perry will be available for the party in the future." Mr.. Perry acknowledged the honors tendered to the leaders of the party at Ottawa and Victoria, as well as to himself. He accepted his own honor in a good-natured bantering speech, in the course of which he said that like most men in political life he appreciated the kindly reference. It did much to turn the edge of the inevitable criticism, and in many cases it was the only reward or form of recognition received. He said he could sincerely say he had been consistent in his efforts to advance the welfare of the province, and especially of the district he had the honor to represent in Victoria during the life of three legsilatures. He thanked his supporters for the splendid fight they had put up in his interest during the recent election, and assured them they had nothing to be ashamed of in the result. In spite of the marked change in public opinion, which had swept the Liberal party out of office, in many constituencies with crushing- majorities, they had lost their fight with a very narrow margin. A resolution was also passed urging that the next convention of the Liberal party for the federal riding of Cariboo be held in the city of Prince George. In the election of officers H. B. Guest was selected as president of the Fort George district association, with W. W. Hay, of McBride, as vice-president, and Frank Clark as secretary-troasiirer. For the Prince George association G. B. Williams was elected president, with John Assman as vice-nresident and Frank Clark as secretary-treasurer. long as the boarding was not objectionable there was no _warrant � for cutting off this source of "revenue. Before taking action the council decided to secure an opinion on the matter from the city solicitor."" The council approved two sales of reverted town lots. The sale to Clara Wieland of Lots 1 and 2, block 117. for $80.79 and $59 respectively; and the sale of lot 10. block 71, to M. S. Buchanan, for $85.66, were assented to. It was agreed to give the local lodge of Elks the use of the area in front of the city hall, including the bandstand, as a location for a part of the Midway attractions which ithe tClk will put on in connection with th Dominion Day celebration. It is exr pected the council will see to it in the meantime that the bandstand is given the desired coat of paint. This is the first attempt to create an amusement center on the municipal area and i may lead to its improvement by the city with this end in view. It would not take much to transform this area from an eyesore to a beauty spot. The council authorized David Sutherland, chief, engineer Jh the 'city power station to have four condensers attached to the exciters which operate in connection with the generators on the engines. This was recommended by A. L. Gray, who recently made his second inspection of radio conditions and located a disturbance in the exciters. The cost of the condensers is nominal, and two which have been tried out are believed to have improved reception conditions. That there is a great future before the Cariboo Lode Mines Limited, with its large mineral holdings on Hixon Creek, is the opinion of Edward H. Smith, of Vancouver, who made a trip of inspection to the property on Sunday. Mr. Smith is a director of the Cariboo Lode Mines Limited, and is also managing director of the Home Metals company, and has been identified. With mining development for several years. In an interview with The Citizen Mr. Smith expressed himself as great-ly pleased with the appearance of the property of the Cariboo Lode Minos, and is confident Hixon Creek is in for a mining revival of no small magnitude. In the holdings of the local company is 'included, the claims of one of the first of the lode mining enterprises |ifn the ;province. These have been added to by subsequent lo- mining on Hixon preek fifty years a>*'j the original company gave its tittcin-tion to the development of the quartz veins occurring in the schist. Th�� veins were doubtless rich, but und'jr present-day conditions it is probable greater values will be found in the schist than in the quartz veins. Some time ago the Cariboo Lode Mines had a 2800 1b. sampling of the bis dyke assayed, and the management v/as greatly pleased to get an assay on the same of $1.95 in gold to the ton. The big dyke offers an opportunity for the use of steam shovels, and as it was estimated the material could be handled at a cost of 65 cents per ton this would leave a very handsome profi: on an operation of 1000 tons per day. Some time later a sample taken from the dyke was sent to the representative of the Consolidated Company, of Trail, and the assay from this was very much higher, giving a return of $6.00 in gold per ton. This sampling may not have been as representative as the first sampling but it establishes that the decomposed schist values are more likely to be over than under those indicated in the assay of the 2800 lb. sampling. cations, and at present total forty- j The difference between the two returns may be accounted for by the later sample coming from an enrich- three claims. The first company performed a lot of work and installed a stamp-mill. During the past year two of the tunnels driven years ago have been opened up. One of these has been run in on the vein matter for a distance ol 170 feet, and the second has a length of 180 feet, with 140 feet of cross-cutting. In both of these tunnels the new owners have met with considerable encouragement, numerous small stringers and veins are showing which carry good gold values, and one of the veins has a width of four feet. The main working shaft of the old company has yet to be unwatered. a work which will receive early attention. Wihat may prove to be a greater value to the local company is a bin, schist dyke, which has been traced for a length of four miles, and is believed to extend much further. This dyke has an approximate width ol 2500 feet, so that it will be appreciated that it contains a vast quantity of r.;aterial. Due doubtless to the cost of ment in the schist. In a body so large as the schist dyke-, however, a large number of samplings will require to be made to get at a safe valuation, but at the lower figure there is believed to be a very valuable mining property in the dyke, and with the quantities available it will doubtless interest companies who prefer large tonnage of low-grade ore to the lesser tonnage of high-grade ledges. From the local standpoint the working of low-grade properties is also an advantage as it offers more employment for labor. While on Hixon Creek Mr. Smith was greatly interested in the results obtained on the Hann placer claim. Good gold recoveries have been made, but what is considered of greau importance is the fact that the gold for the most part retains an edge, which discloses it has not travelled very far and that the formation from which it has eroded will be found on th^. creek slope. "LILAC TIME" SHOWING AT THE STRAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAKES BIG HIT Burr Mclntosh, the austere British general in '"Lilac Time." First National's special production with Coleen Moore starred and Gary Cooper as leading man, showing at the Strand on Friday and Saturday evenings has riad one of the most varied careers of any of Hollywood's celebrities. As a war correspondent, Mclntosh irst came into prominence when he 'covered" the Spanish-American war or Leslie's Weekly. In 1905 l^e accompanied President Taft to the Philippines as the official photographer. Upon returning to the United States, he toured the country, giving an illustrated lecture describing the tour, and this led to a long career on the stage. He was the original Taffy in "Trilby" and was starred in the first stage presentation of "Way Down East". '�Lilac Time," said to be the greatest production in . which Miss Moore has & v- ft ft ":" ft # "'" I appeared ,is a screen version of the TRIGO WINS DERBY WITH ft\ stage play by Jane Cowl and Jane FAVORITES OUT OF MONEY ft j Murfin. It is a charming love story _sr_ ft. with the war as a background and Epsom, June 5.�The Derby was ft affords the winsome star a character-won today by W. Barnett's Trigo, ft ization different from any she has ever an outsider in the betting being ft done before. quoted at 33 to 1. Walter Gay^r, �---------o------�-- was second and Brienz Ithird^l The regular meeting of the women's rvaeadour and Mr. Jins, favor- ft auxiliary of the Canadian Legion will itWin the betting were shut out ft be held in, the assembly room of the ites m we ^ # Legion building on the afternoon of of the money. ft ft ft �> ft Monday June 10th at 3.30 o'clock. Chas. A. Pyne Again Head of Auto Ass'n. Organization Has Memcrship of 133 and Is Proving Effective Force in Highway Matters Energetic Programme Has Been Mapped Out Which Includes Issue of Another Publication That the Cariboo Automobile Association, incorporated, is an energetic association was evidenced at the annual meeting which was held in the city hall on Thursday evening. At the meeting the secretary reported 133 members in good standing and the treasurer reported t'a /credit balance in the bank of $741. So well satisfied was the membership with the work of their officers that the principal officers were filled by re-elections. In this way J. L. Hill, is continued as honorary president, and Chas. A. Pyne as president, with C. H. Allison, of Quesnel, vice-president. R. W. Alward, treasurer and F A. MacCallum, secretary. The second vice-presidents are R C. McOorkell, of Vanderhoof, and S Birkenhead. of McBride. The loca board will be composed of George Miiburn. W. L. Armstrong and Arthur Leith. President Pyne outlined a progressive programme for the ensuing year which will be featured by the publication of an attractive booklet in the spring of 1930. one which will not only have advertising value 'to the central interior of the province, and afford a fund of useful information to the tourist, but will have such artistic merit as to be prized by him as a souvenir of this section of the province. Mr Pyne said he was forming plans in connection with this publication which would ensure that it would not only be of great benefit to the district, but would prove a source of revenue to the association. ' Votes of thanks were tendered by the association to Hon. F. P. Burden, minister of lands, and to Hon. Nels Lougheed, minister of public works, for the consideration they had given to the representations of the association in the matter of the improvement and extension of the highways through the district, and also to Arthur Dixon, district engineer. The thanks of the association were also tendered to the provincial secretary for his co-operation in securing he change of the name given to the extension of the Cariboo highway from (Continued on page 6) Oil Discoveries May Result From Present Survey Special Attention Will Be Given To This Phase By Those in Charge of Geological Section Land Parties Are Now In The Field and Planes Will Arrive For Mapping Next Week The comprehensive purvfey o< the lands set aside as an aid to the extension of the P. G. E. railway from Prince George to the Peace River district is now well under way. There are four large blocks making up the sixteen million reservation for railway purposes, three of which are in the southern portion of the province, with the fourth block, comprising 6,-400,000 acres, north of this city and adjoining on the west and south the Peace River block which is in process *�f reversion to the province. The northern block is regarded as the more promising of the four and in the sur-"�y now under way special attention V� being given to it. Already there are four parties now in the field making an examination of different portions of it. Each of these parties is under the supervision of a land surveyor. There are also three timber cruising parties out which are operating under the direction of H. C. Kinghom. B.S.F., of New Brunswick. The work of these parties will be the making of a reconnaisance of the timber areas, and where stands of merchantable timber are found, the making of intensive cruises of them. One .large timber area on the Parsnip river will come in for special attention in which large stands of jackpine spruce and fir have been reported. While there has been some knowledge of timber in this section there was no exact information with respect to it. The reports of the cruisers on this secion of the northern block are expected to be of first importance and to add greatly to the known forest values of the province. The geological examination of the several blocks will be riiade by four o* the most eminent geologists and mineralogists of the province. One has been assigned to each of the blocks. In the northern block this examination will be more or less centered on that portion of the block lying to the east of the Rocky Mountain range, and special attention will be given to formations suggesting the presence of coal and oil. While coal las been fonud at various places on the (Continued on Page Six)