ft
lapp
mg
Largest
hvdro
SourS?
Could
Unleash
MineralGianr
S3
BV
I.A8KY
STANWOOD
CONVEST
EXPLORATION
COMPANY
LIMITED
i
Like
slumbering
giant.
NorthjandEmpire
Edition,
June
30,
1954.
Page
23
I
British
Columbia'i
northland
Is
stirring
sr.d
the
key
to
its
1
strongbox
of
untold
wealth
lies
I
in
harnessing
what
is
believed
to
be
the
greatest
hydro
poter:
j
tial
in
the
world.
But
sioii.
on
development
of
I
"
"
'
-
rt
.1--.!aH.i'i
in
i
...
-
j-rT-nB,,!,,,,,,!
V
.1
i
f
jthe
Atiin
Lake-Yukon
River
Mnng
Properties
Optioned
and
Developed
i
v
atershed
estimated
to
hold
a
notential
of
5.000,000
to
20nm..
nod
horseDOWer
mav
be
miroH
down
for
years
unless
a
satis-
jactory
outcome
is
reached
soon
in
a
dramatic.
power
play
now
In
progress.
Jockevins
for
the
favnr
rf
1001
FEDERAL
BUILDING
TORONTO
(1)
ONTARIO
(wo
governments
and
the
right
to
rouse
the
sleeDine
northland
nower
Titan
are
two
of
North
America's
biggest
metallurgical
iitlarouiu
tho
A
lnmn.
i
'
fpany
of
America,
and
Frobisher
Limited,
a
Canadian
company
B.C.
OFFICE:
801
Royal
Bank
Building
Vancouver
2,
B.C.
grwcKea
ay
weauny,
mine-noid-
YUKON
OFFICE;
Whitehorse,
V.T.
sing
venture
Wmited
Kadi
Is
negotiating
with
the
anaaian
ana
British
Columbia
(.oernments;
each
is
trying
to
Mniibid
tho
other
with
proposals
projects
ranging
from
$600,-K,000
to
more
than
a
billion
(dollars.
f
Two
governments
are
involved
Wause
part
of
the
watershed
fin
question
lies
In
the
Yukon,
'v.hose
resources
are
controlled
r
the
Canadian
government,
Send
part
lies
in
B.C.,
over
jvnirn
the
provincial
govern-
RIVER
STEAMERS,
once
the
main
form
of
transportation
in
the
Yukon,
no
longer
ply
the
mighty
river
to
Dawson
City
and
Mayo
Landing.
Good
roads
and
heavy
trucks
now
take
the
place
of
these
wood-burning
paddle-
wheelers
whidh
have
been
relegated
to
decay
and
crumble
on
the
beach.
This
fleet
of
stately
river
queens
is
owned
by
the
British
Yukon
Navigation
Co.
Ltd.,
which
today
uses
trucks
and
buses
instead.
icni
exercises
control.
The
present
hiph.WM
r,i.
i(.ihib
iwvviopea
wnen
a
proposal
by
Alcoa
to
create
a
large
UNITED
RENO
HILL
MINES
LIMITED
SILVER
-
LEAD
-
ZINC
-
CADMIUM'
stated
that
investigation
had
shown
the
Dower
resource
mM
and
smelting
costs
which
a
nearby
hvdro
nrnWt
,r.u
While
Tulsequah
is
just
within
the
Alaska-B.C.
border,
It
remains
within
a
25-mlle
reach
offer,
minine
in
the
Vubnn
be
used
by
future
Canadian
projects.
But
no
such
flat
relecHnn
cam.
or
deep-water
ships.
The
Taku
would
be
subject
to
such
stimu-
in
nonnern
B.C.
and
the
Yukon
to
power
a
$600,-P
)0,000
aluminum
smelting
ioJect
of
Skagway,
Alaska,
was
apurned
by
the
federal
government.
,;
On
the
heels
of
this
proposal
ame
announcement
of
a
plan!
fcy
Frobisher
Ltd.
DronnKincr
a
!
River,
which
it
borders.
U
wh"
bv
by
a
a
glacier
plan
er
and
nnrt
lroon.
keeps
.iti-
I
,
..
u"'u
"ww
any-
from
the
B.C.
government,
silting
at
thing
In
the
past
look
like
pea
a
great
rate
each
year
wnicn
invited
Alcan
officials
for
negotiations,
and
Alcoa'
hopes
What's
more,
the
Taku
River
mouth
Is
dotted
with
islands
anH
weni
up
once
more.
nuts.
BESOURCES
FOB
B.C.
Frank
Calder,
member
of
the
Legislature
for
Atlin
constituency,
which
contain
the
,.!.
Meanwhile,
Frobisher
Ltd.
sent
sandbars,
making
it
impossible
frantic
metallurgical
centre
In
JBortherh
B.C.,
making
use
of
the
fame
watershed,
but
to
a
much
J.'ig"r
extent
than
proposed
by
iot
an
out
small,
Ilat-bottomed
river
boats
to
reach
T,,
icon,,
oh
portion
of
the
huge
power
re
Successful
dredging
would
mean
one
ol
the
largest
survey
parties
to
enter
the
north
to
Investigate
the
Atlin
Lake
watershed.
As
a
result,
a
tentative
project
was
outlined
by
company
president
Thayer
Lindslev
at
a
ntncir.
source,
says:
"Any
plan
for
these
creating
a
amlle
channel
to
deep
water.
BUNhKAL
CENTRE
must
be
of
such
a
nature
a
t
,?
The
Frobisher
project
called
Only
other
probability
fn
tiftino,
holders'
meeting
in
Toronto
that
give
the
greatest
benefit
to
the
the
Taku
River
site
Is
for
ran.
b.l.
economy
and
eive
a
tn.t
ada
to
obtain
certain
rights
from
the
U.S.
for
use
nf
the
sianica
the
business
world,
OTHKIt
PLAX
return
to
the
Deonle
uhnu
na
tural
heritage
these
resources
Panhandle
"corridor"
to
the
jnr
a
power
development
In
cveral
stages
and
In
location
of
$
chain
of
smelters
in
B.C.
near
tidewater
to
form
the
greatest
inineral-metal
centre
in
the
'orld.
I
After
the
federal
government
llad
reiected
Alcna'i
r,,ii
Power
would
be
rievelnned
hv
Dasicauy
are.
Taku.
Such
a
request,
proposed
by
B.C.
Boards
of
Trade
anH
the
dammine
the
outlet
of
hi,ir
Lake
Atlin
and
reversini?
lt
B.C-Yukon
Chamber
of
Mines,
"B.C.
must
be
careful
to
see
that
any
development
of
northern
water
power
will
aid
inj
provincial
development
and
not
now
inrouen
a
mlle
lonff
tunnel
Mines
Located
Mayo
Mining
District
Yukon
Territory
has
been
shrueeed
off
hv
the
jtdmint'jiratitie
Ofice:
1001
83
RICHMOND
STREET
WEST,
TORONTO
(1),
ONTARIO
v..,
at
its
southern
tip
to
Sloco
Lake,
only
100
or
so
feet
hleher
In
imun
a,er
rights,
it
welcomed
ieaerai
government.
oniy
m
establish
In
9
lnn.,t.
Alternative
smelter
si
tea
elevation.
Sloco
River,
which
uu.oiuc
uui
ooraers.
I
In
an
editorial
the
n
n
-..u
-
-
-
U.WUUU'
lished
Western
Rusi
no
cat
tnA
snould
the
problem
at
Tulsequah
not
be
overcome
economically
might
be
either
Stewart,
at
the
head
of
Portland
Canal,
or
Alice
r
me
oner
by
the
Canadian
firm
of
Frobisher,
but
the
B.C.
government
wanted
to
hear
from
both
firms.
It
Is
believed
now
that
negotiations
are
underway
to
seek
a
plan
wherebv
both
empties
the
small
but
deep
lake
Into
the
Taku
River
and
on
to
tidewater,
would
be
dammed
to
complete
the
rservoir.
Initial
staee
of
raieratincr
Industry
magazine,
says
that
"it
not
"r
this
generation
to
alienate
the
assets
and
opportunities
of
the
next
in
Canada.
Arm,
at
the
extreme
end
of
Observatory
Inlet.
JOINT
PROJECT
100.000
horseDOwer
wnnlH
he
Would
enter
a
joint
development
accomplished
by
a
nine-mile
tun
"rucuiariy
is
this
to
be
retnem
bered
in
planning
the
He,
Both
are
deeo-sea
nnrf.
anri
nel
aroppmg
Irom
the
2,300-foot
level
of
Sloco
Lake
to
create
a
clear
of
the
Panhandle
harrier
ment
Of
the
Water
nnurer
y
u
ic
jjuwer
resource.
I.COA
FIRST
I
Alcoa
first
received
permit-Ion
for
a
survey
of
the
Atlin-lukon
reeion
in
1949
but
are
some
300
miles
south
of
1,000-foot
head.
Second
and
third
generator
stations,
estab-
suurces
in
JB.C.
.
.
.
ONE
ON
HAND
IS
llshed
by
extending
the
tunnel
the
power
potential.
Such
a
project
would
require
transmission
lines
to
be
constructed
over
tough,
mountainous
terrain
and
liich
gave
the
orifinal
inriica.
"If
we
allow
ourselves
to
be
tempted
by
quicker
returns,
faster
cash
in
hand
from
United
States
offers,
but
an
fon.of
a
great
power
potential
me
atstance
would
account
for
fnortnwestorn
Canada.
A
post-war
SUrvev
enmnlotorf
p
the
Canadian
government
WORTH
TWO
UNDER
CONSTRUCTION"
f
er
it
was
launched
as
a
Joint
S.-
Canada
project
during
World
War
II,
showed,
only
unalterable
long
-
term
deal
that
will
cost
us
tragically
much
in
the
future,
then
we
shall
be
poor
stewards
in
our
time.
"History
will
be
not
more
impressed
with
us
than
It
is
with
the
vision
of
the
angry
men
who
ooDosed
the
mirvhin
10
near
sea
level,
would
com
plete
the
project.
Smelters,
built
at
tidewater
possibly
at
Tulsequah
about
35
miles
from
the
power
site,
would
form
the
nucleus
of
the
greatest
metallurgical
centre
In
the
world,
capable
of
treating
many
types
of
ores
mined
in
world-wide
Ventures'
holdings.
Other
dams
to
Increase
reservoir
capacity
would
probably
have
to
be
constructed.
The
entire
project,
estimated
to
be
capable
of
developing
up
to
5,000,000
and
more
horsepower
and
costing
more
than
a
billion
dollars,
would
dwarf
either
Alcoa's
proposal
or
Alaska,
greatest
real
estate
bar
W'otty
nyaro
resources
In
that
Present
methods
of
har-frying
large
watersheds
were
pen
unknown
to
government
ifficials.
Alcoa's
plan
approximates
the
s
print
followed
by
its
Canaan
rival
Aluminum
Company
gain
all
history.'"
high
voltage
losses.
It
is
for
these
reasons
that
current
negotiations
over
a
Joint
undertaking
by
the
two
companies
have
evolved.
In
exchange
for
a
permit
to
export
hydro
power
from
Canada,
Alcoa
would
provide
a
firm
block
of
generated
power
lor
Canadian
users.
Such
a
deal,
the
B.C.
government
has
indicated,
would
meet
with
its
approval
;
would
provide
for
almost
immediate,
large-scale
development
of
the
vast
hydro
potential;
would
fire
the
long-awaited
opening
guns
of
a
northern
mineral
empire.
Other
official
reaction
to
the
Meanwhile,
the
r.
vi,
hydro
giant
remains
the
most
prominent
single
potential
that
may
spark
the
inevitable
dilation
of
Canada's
far
nnrthivacr
y
-anaaa
Limited
at
Kitimat,
which
has
dammed
up
a
se
reservoir
east
of
the
Coast
j
'untain
ranee,
then
created
from
a
near-primitive,
forgotten
irontiec
to
a
churning
empire
of
il'iXVfoot
head
of
nressnre
hv
inuusiry,
piling
a
10-mile
tunnel
through
mountains
to
tidewater.
Alcan
s
Kilimat-Kemano
project
But
there
is
one
main
flaw
In
the
Frobisher
plan
for
which
no
remedy
has
yet
been
pro-
1'he
American
comDanv's
nlan
Sun
Affects
Rate
Of
Human
Pulse
,s
to
Ham
tho
VLn
Tu.An
two
proposals
has
been
outspokenly
critical
or
hiehlv
onti-
finch
flows
into
Alaska
and
A
scientist
attributes
to
the
posea.
it
concerns
me
AiasKa
Panhandle
barrier
to
the
approaches
of
the
Taku
River
and
mistic.
A
former
Yukon
mining
executive
snd
now
president
of
sun
what
romanticists
have
Inns
yiptioj
into
the
north
Pacific
P'
king
It
up
to
combine
Atlin
facish
and
Bennett
Lakes.
Factories
linked
with
the
moon
a
varia
tne
Whitehorse
Chamber
of
A
19mlle
tunnel
from
the
tion
in
the
human
'pulse
rate.
Mines,
says:
"Tend
of
Bennett
t.aku;ni,lH
The
sun,
which
governs
all
.tne
maccessiouity
ot
misequan,
the
proposed
smelter
site,
by
deep-sea
ships.
PANHANDLE
BARRIER
The
Alaska
Panhandle
ic
a
"'The
Yukon
stands
to
gain
ttn
this
reservoir,
emptying
Into
more
irom
a
nearby
hydro
proj
,
niver
in
Alaska.
Power
W"Uld
be
transnnlttort
n
tho
life
on
this
planet,
produces
radiation
effects
which
until
recently
have
been
little
under-
ect
than
Irom
any
other
devel
Mter
at
Skagway,
a
distance
strip
of
coastline
running
from
the
main
hnriv
of
Alaska
to
opment.
We
have
tremendous
ore
reserves,
more
and
more
are
proven
everv
vear.
but
because
stood.
u
nines.
within
50
miles
of
Prince
Rupert,
ACCOrdin?
tn
rr
-harle.
Skagway,
a
derp
sca
port
near
ip
toD
end
nf
tho
Alt,n
t
UBJM
ot
distance
to
smelters,
low
Abbott,
physicist
and
nrrnor
B.C.
It
leaves
Canada
without
a
free
port
north
of
Stewart,
grade
ore
mining
Is
not
econ
secretary
of
the
Smithsonian
omicai.
about
300
miles
south
of
the
Storage
institution,
these
effects
have
a
"definite
statistical
relationship
power
reservoir.
"With
reduced
transportation
h;
-..fc.
..lu.muii
4
ait-
ole,
provided
initial
access
7
the
Yukon
and
Atlin
areas
fnng
the
fabulous
gold
rush
'98.
It
Is
still
the
gateway
t"l
exit
of
the
Yukon
and
ter-'nal
of
a
120-mile
Wht!ohnr
to
variation
in
the
human
pulse
rate.
Conwest
Takes
Active
Part
The
solar
cvrle
ha
a
Skagway
railroad.
oeanng
on
weather
and
temperature
Chances.
Snnts
on
the
In
Northern
Explorations
H
f
ER
REJECTED
sun
which
have
been,
noted
for
centuries
nnw
heraH'hanao
BUTLER
METAL
BUILDINGS
Are
Ready
In
DAYS
.
.
.
Not
Months!
BUTLER
BUILDINGS
constructed
of
corrugated
steel
or
aluminum
sheets
bolted
to
rigid
steel
framework
give
you
permanent,
comfortable,
spacious
quarters
...
IN
A
HURRY.'
Butler
Metal
Buildings
are
WEATHER.
TIGHT,
too.
Straight
sidewalls
and
post-free
construe-tion
give
clear
interior
spans
up
to
70
feet
wide
and
any
length.
They're
adaptable
to
almost
any
use
.
.
.
and
bring
reduced
insurance
rates.
NORTHERN
ASBESTOS
are
Butler
Building
Specialists,
at
your
service
to
save
you
time
and
money.
While
Alcoa
announcement
In
"
summer
of
.i,o
.
One
of
the
most
active
In
ex
natural
gas.
An
extensive
interference
to
radio
engineers
ploring
mineral
deposits
In
far
northern
British
Columbia
and
ana
warn
navigators
of
magnetic
storms
at
sea.
rf.)or
real
estate
boom
and
"Pich
speculaOon
In
the
small
gnskan
town,
the
excitement
But
if
it
weren't
for
these
life.
giving
ravs.
the
earth
wnnlH
he
Machine
Sheds
in
the
Yukon
is
Conwest
Exploration
Company
Limited.
But
besides
carrying
out
a
a
frozen
ball
hurtling
through
space.
geological
survey
was
carried
out
on
the
parcels
and
on
additional
permit
areas
acquired
during
the
year.
'The
results
to
date
have
been
very
encouraging
and
further
geological
work
'
is
planned
for
the
summer
of
1954,"
F.
M.
Connell,
president,
reported
earlier
this
year.
"
The
concessions
have
been
assigned
to
the
Peel
Plateau
prospecting,
exploration
and
de
Payroll
for
1949
in
the
Prince
velopment
program,
Conwest
is
a
maior
Rharehntrtnr
fn
anrh
George
area
totaled
S7.nfln.ioa
approximately
half
of
the
1953
recent
developments
as
United
payroll.
Keno
HiU
Mines
Limited
and
Cassiar
Asbestos
Corooration
Limited.
Exploration
Limited,
incorpor
Ts
snort-lived.
I"n
December
17,
the
Canaan
government
made
Its
stand
r?""
""d
firm.
No
deal
would
3
made
witt
the
U.S.
firm
for
gjlmrt
of
water
power
outside
ft
Canada.
ne
important
objection
to
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was
that
an
aluminum
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located
in
Alaska
would
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to
ship
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product
into
world
s
biggest
market,
the
without
tariff.
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at
Kitimat,
B.C.,
depend-In'?
a
lare
extent
on
the
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market,
would
have
the
tari
and
federal
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were
against
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to
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in
the
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company
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explore
for
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natural
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two
narrela
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lor
their
exploration.
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Also
this
summer,
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plans
to
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a
"very
promising
fluorspar
property"
In
northern
B.C.
to
determine
of
land
located
on
the
Eagle
Plain
and
the
Peel
Plateau
in
the
Northwest
and
Yukon
Terr).
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new
peak
In
design
and
efficiency
for
worm
gear
reduction
units.
Contact
.
,
tories,
each
parcel
comprising
extent
of
the
deposit
and
commercial
nossihilitiea.
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riennsit
approximately
5,000
square
miles.
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located
two
miles
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the
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EXPLORATION
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area
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believed
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east
of
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in
the
Smith
River
area.
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formations
favor
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spokesman
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