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Beards
of
Trade
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to
the
old-
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dreams.
May
Hon
ot
the
dele
te
.he
work
and
Only
thus
can
we
anada
shall
be
a
opportunity
and
be
available
to
0.
AKCIIIIUI.il.
MP
(or
Skeena.
SUPPLEMENT
tvHEN
IN
STEWART
stay
at
the
King
Edward
TEL
(JOHN"
MCLEOD,
Proprietor)
Headquarters
for
is
and
Business
Men
ling
PORTLAND
CANAL
V
Premises
Cafe
in
connection
m
s
ES'
1-
style
SHOPPE
AT
STEWART
AND
CHILDREN'S
WEAR
IGS
FROM
FEDERAL
MEMBER
fift
Ites
of
the
Afisnriatpd
Boards
of
Trade
.
.
.
We
say
Welcome
and
Good
Luck"
ED
TOP
TAXI
DAY
AM)
NIGHT
SERVICE
f"st
Office
Prince
Huneit
Phone
349
Stewart
Experiences
Mining
Revival
Three
Hundred
Men
Employed
In
Portland
Canal
Mine
Work
By
G.
A'.
HUNTER
There
have
been
some
wild
reports
making
the
rounds
just
lately
telling
of
another
mining
boom
being
under
way
in
the
Portland
Canal
Mining
Division
with
the
district
centre
of
Stewart
swollen
with
new
population
and
agog
with
optimistic
excitement.
Such
reports
are
resented
by
the
people
of
tMiwart
who,
iWhlie
confident
and
quite
satisfied
with
healthy
progress,
wish
to
be
realistic
about
things
as
they
enjoy
a
sec-end
season
of
steady
revival
of
interest
and
activity
In
the
development
of
the
vast
mineral
wealth
which
they
know
exists
all
around
tbcm.
New
that
the
war
Is
over,
they
are
hoping
that
the
world's
economy,
upon
which
the
mining
Industry
arrays
de
pends,
will
foon
have
reached
I
that
stabilized
point
where
they
will
be
able
to
start
"delivering
the
goods."
A
recent
survey
of
the
situation
at
Stewart
showed
th,at
there
are
close
to
300
men
actually
employed
new
In
mineral
production,
development
and
exploration
around
there.
A
ronserva-
tive
estimate
of
the
currently
resident
population
of
Stewart
l
425
(It
should
not
be
forgotten
that
there
is
also
a
substantial
community
at
Premier
mine
town,
sixteen
miles
distant),
all
the
available
houses
ft
to
live
in
are
occupied
and
everybody
Is
working.
So
there
is
nothing
spectacular
about
the
present
condition
of
things
In
the
fam
ous
old
camp
but
ample
to
just
ify
the
expectation
that,
after
Its
ups
and
downs
in
nearly
four
decades
of
history,
Stewart
Is
i
now
ceding
into
a
new
period
of
real
and.
It
Is
hoped,
steadily
permanent
mining
activity.
Three
factors
were
mentioned
:
to
the
writer
who
recently
visited
the
camp
as
being
regulatory
of
I
Iwhat
the
Immediate
future
Ion
the
Portland
Canal
are
may
have
In
store:
First,
the
course
of
the
metjl
market
trend,
particularly
silver
(it
dropped
as
low
as
lSHic
per
lunec
recently.
Second,
the
availability
of
labor
for
employment
In
the
various
phases
of
mining
activitv.
Third,
the
rpeed
with
-which
reoalrs
are
carried
out
t
)
mining
trails
lef
nezlected
during
the
war
years,
so
that
the
prospector.
and
modest
developen.
may
get
out
in
the
field
again
to
carry
cn
their
work.
PREMIER
IS
STILE
MA
J
OK
FACTOR
A.?
it
hus
been
for
upwards
o;
a
quarter
of
a
century,
the
fam
cus
Silbak-Premler
mine
con
tinucs
the
major
operating
property
in
Portland
Canal.
Recent
shuffling
in
the
affairs
of
the
company
notwithstanding,
there
h
every
Indication
that
It
will
go
cn
producing
In
its
steady
way.
Crew
of
the
mine
and
mill,
by
latest
count,
was
180
with
240
needed
and
the
company
particularly
anxious
to
obtain
good
hard
rock
miners.
Continuing
to
attract
the
most
attention,
as
it
has
done
for
a
year
now,
Is
the
spectacular
development
of
the
Morris
Summit
(Salmon
Gold)
property
beyond
Premier.
Big
Missouri
and
the
Salmon
Glacier
under
the
direction
of
daring
Evan
Harris
f'NC
E
RUPERT
INDUSTRY
'
'
r
star
TTiig!
uks
jj
loans
:
B
'
the
'go-getter'
who
does
things
that
.others
say
are
Impossible."
A
year
ago
last
winter,
Harris
made
mining
transportation
history
by
freighting
in
machinery
and
supplies
over
the
Salmon
Glacier
by
tractor.
This
year?
as
was
done
last,
aircraft
is
being
used
to
take
in
the
supplies.
While
diamond
drilling
goes
on,
(he
driving
of
a
2660-foot
7
by
8
foot
tunnel
to
open
nip
thevelru
ut
by
the
drills
proceeds
and
has
reached
about
2000
feet
new.
Thirty
to
thirty-five
men
are
employed
in
the
modern
camp
at
Morris
Summit
which,
among
s
other
advantages,,
has
electric
1
light.
It
Is
being
reported
around
Stewart
that
a
roadway
is
to
b"
rxtended
for
the
distance
of
seme
fifteen
miles
from
Bis
Missouri
into
Morris
Summit.
Some
of
the
old-timers
may
look
askance
at
Harris
and
his
methods
but
he
has
his
admirers
too
and
one
of
them
admitted
the
other
day
that,
if
his
venture
nrcved
successful
and
he
struck
what
he
Is
looking
for.
"that
back
country'
will
be
made."
Riverside
tungsten
mine,
on
the
Alaska
side
of
the
Salmon
River
valley,
continues
active
with
a
crew
of
about
thirty-five
men
in
production
of
tungsten
ore.
Not
much
has
been
heard
about
another
important
operation
this
season
in
Cortland
Canal
area
that
of
the
Rainbow
property,
.across
Summit
Lake
to
the
east
from
Morris
Summit.
This
property
is
controlled
by
a
syndicate
of
Pre
mier
employees
including
Ced-ric
Barker,
Harry
Melville,
E.
I.angllle
and
Joseph
Arseneau.
Boyle
Bros,
are
carrying:
out
a
program
of
diamond
drilling
on
the
promising-
gold
ore
showings.
Much
Is
still
expectcc
of
the
Big
Four
Silver
Mines
Ltd.
property
atop
the
mountain
across
from
Stewart
and
over
to
the
Marmot
River
although
there
has
not
been
as
much
work
going
on
this
year
as
had
been
expected.
It
is
a
combimtlon
of
such
famous
properties
as
Silver-
nHn
Prntnprltv
nnd
Porter-IdahO
-
iw.
B.
Mllner
is
the
head
of
the
.
rt
1
company.
worK
is
connneo.
iu
year
to
further
prospecting
and
exploration
and
seme
seven
men
ere
employed.
There
has
been
a
revival
of
activity
this
year
on
another
famous
-iM
property,
the
Indian,
on
Cascade
Creek
where
camp
buildings
are
be'.n?
put
up
and
a
diamond
drilling
program
is
planned.
Seymour
Campbell
is
the
moving
spirit
in
the
new
work
on
Indian
and
Dr.
J.
T.
Mandy.
former
resident
mining
engineer,
is
consulting
engineer.
On
the
Sliver
Tip
property,
two
and
a
half
miles
beyond
Big
Missouri,
drifting
is
being
carried
cut
In
the
extension
of
he
tun-pel.
Gecrge
Winkler
Is
managing
director
with
W.
R.
Tooth,
local
representative.
In
the
Bear
River
area
W.
B.
George
and
Harry
Quickstad.
old
timers
of
the
Portland
Canal,
have
two
or
three
men
working
r?aln
on
the
Enterprlse'and
Red
Top
copper
gold
properties.
Away
on
Marmot
River
J.
O.
LeFrancois
has
a
few
men
carrying
out
work
on
the
Gold
Drop.
TM
provincial
public
works
department
has
some
twenty-four
men
at
work
In
the
Portland
Canal
area
at
present,
concentrating
on
the
repairing
of
mining
trails
and
bridges
with
a
view
to
facilitating
mining
development
and
exoloration
Summarized,
the
mining
properties
active
this
season
in
the
Stewart
area
Include:
.''
Set
with
dramatic
plcturesqueness
amid
thrilling
mountain
scenery
lies
the
town
of
Stewart,
distributing
centre
for
the
great
Portland
Canal
mining
district.
With
a
checkered
history,
It
appears
to
be
on
the
threshold
of
another
period
of
intensive
activity-thls
time
steady
and
permanent.
The
camp
in
its
life
of
nearly
forty
years
now
has
had
two
wild
booms.
In
all
directions
are
promising
claims,
by
the
hundreds
and
also
many
well
developed
properties.
Only
a
stabilization
of
mineral
prices
is
needed
to
bring
Stewart
right
back
in
the
forefront
as
a
producer
of
mineral
wealth.
Alice
Arm
Comes
Back
Dead
for
Quarter
Century
Famous
Camp
Is
Stirring
Torbrit
Mine
Has
300-Ton
Mill,
Hydro
Plant
and
Electric
Tramline
On
Cards
Big
and
Permanent
Operation
After
nearly
twenty-five
years
of
somnolescence
since,
the
collapse
of
the
great
boom
which
attended
the
development
and
subsequent
high
grade
explora
tion
of
the
old
Dolly
Varden
property,
Alice
Arm
mining
camp
is
starting
out
from
scratch
again
for
what
bears
all
the
earmarks
of
a
permanent
era
of
prosperous
mining
activity.
Old
Alice
Arm
of
a
quarter
of
a
century
and
more
ago
is
dead
and
burled.
The
long
silver
depres-
tion
killed
It
but
the
postwar
re
vival
of
the
metal
markets
and
the
new
processes
of
ore
treatment
are
providing
the
stimulus
i
of
Its
resurrection.
The
old
Toric
mine,
now
Torbt
Silver
!
Mines
Ltd.
(Mining
Corporation
icf
Canada,,
is
the
resuscitating
!
factor.
Big
scale
plans
for
the
I
operation
of
the
property
along
'
permanent
and
modern
lines
Include
a
300-ton
mill,
electric
,tram
line
and
hydro-electirc
power
plant.
At
the
present
moment,
activity
is
concentrated
on
the
lifting
cf
the
rails
on
the
old
.'ighteen-mile
Dolly
Varden
Railway
line
from
tewn
of
Alice
Arm
up
to
Kitsault
Valley
to
Dolly
Vcrden
Hill.
The
grade
along
which
'occmotires
chugged
ylth
ore
eondolas
between
25
and
30
years
ago
Is
to
be
converted
Into
a
mod'
em
road.
Lifting
of
the
steel
has
new
been
completed
more
than
half
way
up
the
line
from
the
town.
Two
bulldozers
and
tractors
are
included
In
the
equipment.
Surfacing
of
trade,
renewing
of
bridges
and
rulvertswlll
follow.
To
eliminate
going
through
the
Kitsault
River
canyon
about
half
way
up
the
line,
the
Toad
will
.go
over
a
hill.
All
this
road
work
has
to
be
done
so
that
materials
and-mill
mach
inery
may
be
hauled
to
the
mill
site-
Already
pining
and
some
of
the'
mill
machinery
has
arrived
at
Alice
Arm.
To
beat
the
lumber
shortage
bottle-neck
end
with
its
own
timber
limits
available
nearby,
he
company
recently
put
a
saw
mill
into
operation
on
the
tide
flat
to
cut
lumber
for
the
mil1
mine
buildings
as
well
as
living
cuartfrs
structures.
Including
residences
both
at
the
mine
and
Alice
Arm
town.
A
million
feet
Premier,
gold-sllvcr-lond,
180
men.
,
Morris
Summit,
gold,
30
men.
-Riverside,
tungsten-lead-silver,
35
men.
iRainbow,
gold,
30
men.
Big
Four,
silver,
seven.
Silver
Tip
Silver,
four.
Enterprise,
ccpper-gold,
three.
Red
Top,
copper-gold,
three.
Indian,
sllver-lead-zlr.c,
six.
Gold
Drop,
gold,
four.
DELEGATES
OF
THE
ASSOCIATED
BOARDS
OF
TRADE
May
your
visit
be
a
happy
and
useful
one
67
TAXI
ROSS
BROS.
Serond
Avenue
West
(Across
from
Rupert
Hotel)
cf
lumber
will
be
required
at
the
outset,
it
is
anticipated.
The
.awmill
is
employing
a
crew
of
about
ten
men.
Including,
the
crew
engaged
on
conversion
of
the
railway
to
a
rpad
as
well
as
the
sawmill
em
ployees
and.
a
few
men
around
the
mine,
over
seventy
men
are
now
finding
employment
with
the
Torbrit
Mines
at
Alice
Arm.
The
permanent
Torbrit
opera
tion,
which
probably
will
not
get
under
way
until
next
year
as
ex
tensive
preparatory
work
thereto
will
fully
occupy
the
intervening
time,
should
involve
a
payroll
of
more
than
100
employees.
The
site
of
the
new
Torbrit
mill
Is
on
old
Dolly
Varden
wound,
about
a
mile
from
the
original
50-ton
Toric
mill
which
does
not
figure
in
the
new
plans.
From
the
mine
across
the
Kitsault
River,
the
ore
will
be
hauled
to
the
mill,
a
distance
of
a
couple
cf
miles,
by
means
cf
an
electric
tramway.
Power
will
be
derived
from
a
hydro-electric
plant
be-
;lng
installed
at
Clearwater
River,
me
.
.
.
....
,ru
,1
.4
ft
tributary
oKthe
Kitsault,
about
four
miles
distant.
H.
D.
Foreman
Is
manager
for
Tcrbrit
Mines
Ltd.
at
Alice
Arm.
Albert
Lockyer
Is
accontant.
Company
office
is
at
present
maintained
in
the
town.
ESPERANZA
IS
ACTIVE
Perennial
if
spasmodic
producer
of
high
grade
silver
for
over
thirty
years
now,
the
old
Esper-
anza
mine,
a
mile
or
so
up
the
hill
from
Alice
Arm.
town.
Is
also
active
again
In
a
small
way.
Mine
workings
are
.being
timbered
and
the
machinery
being
renewed
with
a
view
to
resuming
shipments.
Angus
Macdona1d
Is
directing
the
property.
Even
Alice
Arm
may
toe
associ
ated
with
the
$15,000,000
celan-rse
mill
project
at
Prince
Rupert.
Report
in
the
camp
Is
that
the
celanese
people
are
Interesting
themselves
In
a
barlte
property
cn
the
IUIance
River
originally
staked
by
Elmer
Ness
and
r.ow
held
by
Victoria
interests.
Barlte
figures
in
the
production
or
cellulose
pulp.
With
the
renewal
of
Interest
In
the
old
silver
camp
spurred
by
the
Torbrit
operation,
other
mining
ground
In
the
Alice
Arm
area,
with
the
spectacular
history
of
which
such
names
as
Wolf,
Moose,
Vanguard,
Homestake.
LaRose.
North
Star
are
remembered
will
again
attract
atten
tion
not
only
of
prospectors
but
operating
interests.
In
fact.
Alice
Arm,
famous
for
its
silver-lead
deposits,
appears
due
for
as
early
and
lasting
a
come-back
as
erv
mlnlrnr
fVld
tn
th
north
Wmt
Rupert
Daflp
Betas
'
Wednesday,
August
6,
1947
Marmot
Hotel
STEWART
NEWLY
RENOVATED
AND
Leaders
In
Stewart
Community
Affairs
W.
R.
Tooth,
veteran
merchant
and
Investor
of
the
foruana
Carjal
camp,
is
president
of
the
Stewart
Board
of
Trade
and,
as
such,
keeps
actively
In
touch
with
the
affairs
of
the
district.
Earl
Jenkins
Is
secretary
of
the
Board.
W.
L.
Newell
is
the
per
ennial
chairman
of
the
board
of
commissioners
with
John
Thompson
and
W.
R.
Tooth
as
the
other
commissioners
and
Frank
Harrison,
clerk.
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PREMIER
Leave
PREMIER
for
STEWART
6:15
a.m.,and
2
p.m.
1:M
a.m.,
4
p.m.
and
11:30
p.m.
General
Taxi
Service
to
all
Points
in
the
District
MEETS
ALL
BOATS
AT
YOUR
SERVICE:
Three
Cars
and
Bus
and
Our
Fine
New
Station
Wagon
THERE'S
GOLD
IN
THEM
THAR
HILLSf
"Thar's
.gold
in'
them
thar"
a
hills,"
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dls
Z
rict
but
there
are
many
other
important
minerals
as
well
Including
copper,
silver,
lead,
inc
and
iron.
Bodle?
oi
commerdaTj
coal
and
clay
are
there
too'atuT
althouffh
mining
lias
contributed
,
$280,000,000
to
date,
the
possibH-
A
&
itles
have
scarcely
been.
scratch
y
t
ed.
There
Is
at
the
present
time,.',
considerable
agitation
for
;the
.
construction
of
a
new
road
which
.
.
,u
will
directly
connect
the
Skeena
River
Highway
with
the
Alaska
Highway
at
Whitehorse.
Thte',!,-,-
same
proposal
Is
rtceiving
oon-
!
slderable
support.
In
the
United
.
States.
...
,
.
.
1
'
General
Motors
Dealer
Oldsmobile
Buick
Pontiac
G.M.
PARTS
AND
ACCESSORIES
Long
Motors
Ltd.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Third
Ave.
and
Seventh
St.
TIIONE
53
f
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m
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