PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, J .** "�.5, 1940
5(2.00 a Year
irst Commercial ihipment of Mercury
Starting their new mercury recovery plant at the Pinchi Lake bar mine about the 10th cf June, Consolidated Mining & Smelt-Company last week transported some 400 flasks of mercury by Wane the 15 miles from the mine to Fort St. James and thence by Mi. 4,� Vanderhooi where it was loaded on C.N.R. cars and shinned
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cars and shipped
This shipment of approximately 30,000 pounds of mercury is the
argest single one ever to go forward*-------------
Kf a Canadian mine up to the pres-
, a Canadian mine up nt In British Columbia previously re-orded production of mercury, accord-Tto mines department records, has In as follows: From 1890 to 1895 rom the Copper Creek deposits near tranquiUe on Hamloops Lake some 138 Flasks were recovered. Prom these de-wsits in 1924 to 1927 five flasks were ecovered. Prom the Tyaughton Creek, Jridge River district, properties ten lasks were recovered in 1938.
The Pinchi Lake property has thus rroduced in practical^ one month al-nost four times the total amount previously produced in the mining history if this province, and at the quoted rate >f today's market of around $180 a lask would have a value of approxi-nately $72,000.
In 1939 Canada imported 1437 flasks >f mercury so that at tinchi Lake property will doubtless find
1 ready and expanding market. Recovery of mercury at Pinchi Lake
s by the rotary-kiln process. The ore s brought from the mine workings and dumped from mine cars into an ore |>in at the portal. Prom here it is load-by gravity into 'trucks and taken >ut three-quarters of a mile to the ill plant where it is dumped into an bin and from there goes by gravity crushers which reduce it to about �inch sizes. Jt is Chen fed. intatJJ. vototag, bricfc-ilned, plaite-steel tube el at a slight slope so that the ore toward the lower end of the re-olring tube as it slowly turns. High sure wood-burning furnaces at the er end of the tube keep it at a emperature of 2000 degrees of heat, fend the hot gases rising through the ube causes the mercury vapour to be given off and is drawn from the upper fend of the tube and passed through dust cleaners and condenser pipes for final purification and collection of the |Jnercury.
Mercury was formerly much used for [amalgamation in the treatment of gold lores, but with the increased use of jcyanidation and improvements made in the recovery of mercuny from amalgamation processes, the amount of new mercury used in -amalgamation has decreased considerably within the past ~w yearsr By far"the-greatest amount" pf mercury is now used in electrical instruments and apparatus and in the manufacture cf various drugs and chemicals. A few of its varied uses include the manufacture of mercuric ful-mmate, a compound used in percussion caps and detonators; as a processing substance in the manufacture of felt; s a constituent in mercury-vapour amps, arc rectifiers and oscillators, and ��e most recent use is in the newly developed mercury (Emmet) boilers,
Construct Road To Cinnabar Mine
Han. W. J. Asselstine, minister of Mines for British Columbia, announced Tuesday that a road will be constructed from a point 17 miles north of Fort St. James on the Fort St. James-Manson highway into the Pinchi Lake cinnabar property being operated by tl:e C. M. & S. Co.
The approximate length of a new road to serve the mine would be 15 miles, although eight miles will bring it to Pinchi Lake and from that point boat transportation is possible for the balance of seven miles.
nere mercury is used instead of water, field of endeavour.
Russ Walker Pays Official Visit to Old 'Pre-emption1
Former Prince George Land Agent and Editor Now B. C. Conservative Party Organizer.
Russell R. Walker, organizer for the Conservative party in British Columbia, was a visitor in Prince George on Sunday and Monday, meeting local members of the party and renewing friendships with his many old associates. Russell is a former resident of this city and South Fort George, com " 1910' and leaving for Vancouver in 1916. He came to South Port George as tihe representative of North Coast Land Company, who staked large areas of land prior to the advent of the railway, much of it being in what is now known as the Pineview area.
Resigning that position in 1912, Mr. Walker became editor of the Prince George Herald and held that post until the plant burned down in 1916. Moving to Vancouver he became associated as a journalist with first the World, later the Province, and finally with the Sun. During this period he covered ten sessions of the provincial legislature in the press gallery, and was recognized as one of its ablest and fairest reporters.
In 1928 he was attracted to the mining promotion business and was successful in interesting considerable capital in development of mines -
Following the resignation of Captain Macgregor Macintosh, M.L.A., as Conservative organizer due to his rejoining his regiment. Mr. Walker was appointed this year as B.C. organizer, a position his long experience as legislative correspondent particularly qualifies him in combination with his pleasing personality and active mind. His numerous friends among the old-timers in Prince George, regardless of their politics, will wish him every success in his latest
Hitler Hesitates as British Stiffen Air, Land Defences
^Serious disputes between Hitler's sup-' Porter. Goering, who opposes attack at ITS �n Great Brltain, and Himmler *W Von Ribbentrop, who urge Hitler to "Jake attack forthwith. This is secret 01 delay Of promised blitzkrieg.
L^l1"* of German bombers last nlght **<* the smash"
a Nazi "fralmBa& over
yesterday leads observers to believe but Jr , has Postponed his promised " W B> ,"* the German* will at-A w strangulation of Great J?y ^ted P^e attacks on clvil Population, and S> in addition to increas- undermine civilian morale. U'Fht a **��*� 6000-ton g 130� repatriated wa8 torpedoed by. a Nazi he ** *�* for
ag **d clear- y the inhuman press condemnation
ships
'throughout the world. British have saved 1000 passengers.
R.A.F. almost, demolished the huge Dornier airplane plant in the interior of Germany yesterday.
A big purge is forecast in Prance under Germany's dictation and former premier DeLadier is the first on the list: Decrees issued order the confiscation of all property of those who left France after the German armistice. ;
Rumania confiscated Dutch-British oil concern yesterday and will now ship its production to Germany. Complete collapse of Rumanian-British relations imminent, and Carol, now in Hitler's grip will tie up with Axis completely.
Five enemy planes shot down this morning off British coasts, in sky dark with enemy planes attacking convoys without damage.
Germans are using American-made planes, one being brought down by the R.A.F.-yesterday. Armistice terms re-
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Payments Made on Capital Account By City Council
Total of #12,219.63 Paid Out �#9,999.50 for Power Plant and New Recreation Building.
Maybe it was the heat, the war, or just plain lack of important business, but the regular bi-monthly meeting of the city council on Monday evening last .failed to develop- anything sensational in the way of an interesting newspaper story.
Present were His Worship Mayor A. M. Patterson in the chair, Aldermen J. N. Keller, A. B. Moffat, C. C. Reid and W. J. Pitman. Alderman H. J. Hocking is still on vacation-leave and W. R. Munro was absent on business.
Accounts .totalling $12,219.63 were recommended for payment by the finance committee. The larger amounts included regular June payroll of $1,981.66, $2,227.50 for debenture principal and interest payment on the city recreation building, and $6,722.00 on the new unit at the city's power plant. The balance of the statement comprised the regular monthly current accounts. On motion of Aldermen Moffat and Pitman the accounts were ordered paid. .
Sergeant J. W. Hooker in oharge of city policing reported eight criminal complaints prosecuted in June with eight convictions. These included three of intoxication, two of vagrancy, one of breach of recognizance, one cf dangerous driving, and one of breaking and entering and theft. Fines collected totalled $88.50. while property reported stolen totalled $12, a bicycle, which, had not been recovered up to the time of making the report.
There were sixteen petty complaints registered with the police in June, ranging from the neighbour's dog biting children and worrying cows to peopls making perpetual motion machines for Hitler; threats of one man to another that he'd "kill him" if he didn't hurry up and finish the job he was hired to do. Then there was an anonymous letter about a city resident keeping a pig, maybe in the parlor, but the complaint didn't definitely specify; chickens tfiat feasted in neighborhood gardens, fights in the street; an Okanagan trucker hawking vegetables from door to door without a peddler's license, and a lady accusing a neighbor of trying to poison her cow. All complaints were investigated and tihe necessary disciplinary action taken by police officers, according to the report submitted to the city fathers.
An application to purchase lots 17 and 18, block 52, at the upset price received favorable consideration, and the question of sending a delegate fco the annual convention of the Union of Municipalities at Revelstoke in August was left over to the next meeting.
Family Has 100 Per Cent War Record
Mrs. Florence Blair returned Monday from a visit to the coast where her husband has been taking medical treatment for an illness which has caused him much suffering for some time past. While at the coast she also visited her sons. Bob and Hugh. The former, who joined the Seaforth Highlanders here, was transferred from Vancouver to Calgary to undergo three months of training with his unit while Mrs. Blair was there. Her other boy, Hugh Campbell, son of the late Lieut.-Col. Campbell of the 107th Battalion, will be reporting back to the Air Force in which has already undergone several years' training in England as soon as the doctors pronounce him fit. He is at present undergoing merical treatment for & knee injury which has incapacitated him from military duty for some time past, and unless the doctors are successful in correcting it may completely incapacitate him for further military duty.
A letter just received by Mrs. Blair from a sister in England informs her that four of her nephews are serving with the British forces. One is a wing commander in the Air Force, one is a medical officer in the navy, one is a major in the Territorials, and another is a lieutenant in the infantry.
With Bob already in the Seaforths, and Hugh already having served in the British air force and taking medical treatment to rejoin, and her husband a war veteran. Mrs. Blair can surely feel proud of her family's military record, both in this war and the last.
Trappers May Register Later
Registration Regulations provide
For Sick and Absentees Later
Voluntary Help Needed for Registration Period�Eighteen Questions Will be Answered by Every Individual Over 16.
A dispatch from Ottawa yesterday afternoon states that national registration will probably be held August 19, 20 and 21, but the dates are provisional and may be altered.
Regulations concerning the national registration next (month are now to hand. Fred Bunton of Prince George has received his appointment as registrar for the federal district of Cariboo. He will have William Harris of Lillooet as assistant in the southern part and another assistant in the Peace River. Two at Each Community
There will be a deputy registrar and an assistant registrar at each community. Communities will probably be defined as the polling divisions at the last federal election.
Voluntary Assistance
The regulations call for voluntary assistance during the period of registration. As there are approximately 18 questions to be filled out by every individual over 16 years of age it is obvious that considerable assistance will
9 be required, to complete the registration within the four days to be named as the period of registration. Sections 13 and 14 of the regulations read as follows:
13. Many offers have already been received from nearly every part of Canada from persons anxious to make scone kind of voluntary contribution for registration purposes. Most of these persons are anxious to serve in some capacity and there should not be any difficulty encountered by the registrar or deputy in securing voluntary services of this kind sufficient to fully man every registration booth.
14. In selecting deputy registrars the registrar is expected to take special care in their selection, and it is suggested that he seek the services of men and women who may be ordinarily engaged in some of the following occupations or professions: he might select them from among (members of the teaching profession, secretaries of the municipal governments, secretaries of school boards or school districts, secre-
aries of organizations of all kinds, conveyancers, bank clerks. Dominion, provincial or municipal civil servants, and
enerally, those with office and clerical experience. This suggested list is picked from random and there are undoubtedly many other suitable categories. Sick and Absentees
Section 28 provides that those v/ho are sick or who are temporarily absent from the district, or who for any good
Prince George to Peace River Area Popular Boat Trip
"Down Over the Top" Towards the Arctic Offers Good Fishing, Scenic Attractions.
That the boat trip "Down Over the Top to the Arctic" from Prince George has unforgetable attractions which call for repeat visits is indisputably exemplified by the fact that Dick Corless, Jr., northern guide and river boatman of the great waterway from Prince George! to-, northern areas^of British Columbia via Summit and McLeod lakes, Crooked, Parsnip, Finlay and Peace rivers, is at present conducting several parties over the route who have previously travelled it.
This trip is one of thrilling stretches of lake arm river navigation, through country undisturbed in its rustic simplicity, and probably unsurpassed in any part of Canada for scenic beauty; also it has the historic attraction of being tihe pioneer route of such early-day explorers as Sir Alexander Mackenzie in his voyage of discovery looking for the Pacific Ocean in 1792, and of Sir Simon Fraser in his traverse from the prairies to the Pacifc Ocean via the river which bears his name, between the years 1805-1808.
On July 12 Dick Corless had as his guests on the trip Major W. P. McLean and daughter of Morton, Illinois. They are making a leisurely three-week jaunt and camping and fishing in the various beauty spots along the route. They propose to contact the Y.S.A.T. plane , at Fort St. John on the Peace River and ho^s for victory of Britain than and fly back to Prince George from we *** here- and Ulere * � <*�ubt in
and sufficent reason cannot 'attend dur-' ing the registration period will be permitted to register afterwards at any post-office. Similar provision will be made for those who attain the age of 16 after registration day.
This provision will be applicable to trappers and prospectors who are out of touch and find it inconvenient to attend during the registration period, but it is assumed their absention wiU not be unduly delayed and that as soon as it is possible for them to get to a community they will register at the local post-office. Offer Your Services Now
Those willing and able to give their services voluntarily in assisting the na-
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Americans Mostly Support Britain
Dr. H. J. and Mrs. Hocking returned home on Tuesday evening following a month's vacation during which they visited Toronto. New York, Iowa. Yellowstone Park and Vancouver. The genial doctor is highly pleased with the attitude of all the United States citi-ens whom he met, including many of German ancestry, in regard to Britain's resolute defiance of Hitler's German aggression.
"Most or those I met." Dr. Hocking said, "were more voluble in the praise
where they will go back to Illinois by motor. Major McLean is president of Morton Junior College and Morton High School, former having an enrolment of
4000 students and the latter 6000. From Meadow Brook, Buzzard Bay,
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my mind that all America is heart and soul with the British peoples in the struggle now on."
Dr. Hacking's dental office is now open for appointments, the doctor im-
Total of 219 Men Recruited Since June 22 in Major Gale's Territory
The Prince George recruiting office received instructions by wire yesterday to secure 14 recruits for the Rocky Mountain Kangers, and half of these have already been obtained.
Word was received last Thursday by Major Gale of the recruiting board in Prince George to suspend temporarily the signing on of volunteers in this district. Just when the offices will start recruiting again is not known but it Is expected that orders will be received shortly to accept volunteers. Owing to the temporary suspension the board did not make the contemplated trip to Quesnel and Williams Lake during the past week. From the coast comes the report that British Columbia had quickly reached its quota- while other areas are lagging behind.
Major R. L. Gale, officer in charge of recruiting in the territory on the C.N.R. between Burns Lake and McBride and as far south in the Cariboo as Williams Lake, returned with his staff to headquarters here Thursday night last. � Since leaving Prince George on July 7 the board has sat at Burns Lake. Vanderhoof and MoBride where, respectively, 14, 35 and 22 men enlisted, a
total of 71. On reopening the office in Prince George on Thursday morning 20 recruits were on hand and. were boarded.
Up to Friday night and since Major Gale first opened the recruiting office here on June 2 to total of 239 men have been boarded of which 219 have been accepted for service with the Irish Fusiliers, Canadian Scottish. R. M. R.s and Home Guard. The last draft consisting of 16 men went forward to their units on July 20, and consisted, of the following men:
J. Brailsford. Shelley; P. A. L, Downing, Hansard: T. F. Weaver. Hutton: W. H. Chance. Hutton; C. A. Turner, Prince George; W. G. Davis, Shere: G. P. Turner. Longworth: R. L. G. Jackson, Prince George; H. Hedrick, Sinclair Mills; S. N\ Drummond. Sinclair Mills; W. M. Hutchison. Sinclair Mills; J Wisknevski, Prince George; L. W. Calway. Sinclair Mills; T. R. Nilson. McBride: C. (Pat) Porter, Prince George; M. G. Gilbert. Vanderhoof.