_ THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 1927

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA . HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—.

Placer Gold, $77,663,045; Lode Gold, $74,111,397; $80,218,907; Copper,

$39,925,947; Coal and Coke,

Lead,

$122,808,190; Silver, $197,642,647; Zine, $273,048,958; Building Stone, Brick,

Cement, $44,905,886; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1,594,887; Making minerai production to the end of 1925 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $920,919,628

The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in the following ‘figures, which show the value of production for successive 5-year periods:

For al] years to 1895, inclusive . For five years, 1896-1900 . For five years, 1901-1905 caeea For five years, 1906-1910 For five years, 1911-1915 For five years, 1916-1920 For the year 1921 ....... For the year 1922....... For the year 1928. . . For the year 1924... For the year 1925......,..5+065

vee eeee 94,547,241 57,606,967 96,507,968 .. 125,584,474 142,072,803 169,922,725 28,066,641 Lis. 86,158,848 tt) 41,804,320 _ 48,704,604 61,492,242

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PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404,649,375

Lede mining has only been in progresa about 26 yeara. and only about one-

half of the Province has been prospected; mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting. The mining laws of this Province ara more

liberal and the fees lower than

any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles

are obtained by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by

crown grants. N.B.— Pra

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Victoria, B.C.

ctically ali British Columbia mineral properties upon which work . has been done are described in someone of the Annual Reporta of the Minister - Those considering mining investments should refer to such reporis,\ — harge on application to the Department of Mines, .. ring each of the six Mineral Survey Districta are

‘ published separately, and are available on application. Reporte of the Gevlog!-

eat Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended as |

Reports cove:

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The Honourable The . Minister of Mines _

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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Here and There The fourth astern International Dog Derby to be he'd from Quebec city Feoruary 21, 22 and 23, prom- ises to be the most keenly contested ever held. It is expected that. aver 20 foams will be entered for. the race, - mo,

Christmas tree shipments from Guebee to the United States ran to 450,000 over:Canadian Pacifie lines last year, and present expectation is that, this number. will be equalled at least this year. of the province from this source ran to $100,000 last year. Four carloads of silver foxes, valued ‘at $750,000, have left Prince ‘Edward Island in one shipment for the Western States: ‘Wyoming, ‘Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Wash- ington. Viewed as a livestock ship- ‘ment, it is said to be a record one. A number of prize winners were among the pack.

Dog teams will be used this win- ter by the Hudson’s Bay-Marland organization to prosecute oil de- velopment work in the Ribstone field in North-eastern Alberta. . This is ‘the area where. the quest‘ for oil started following a favorable report ‘by Dr. G. &. Hume, head of the Do- minion Geological Survey.

Christmas travel over the Cana- dian Pacifie routes to the Old Coun- try has been heavier this year than ever before experienced. Special trains have been run from Winnipeg firectly to the ship’s side at Saint John, N.B. The westerners eredit this heavy movement te Engiand for Christmas to the excellent con- ditions that prevail throughout the west. .

The hundied settler families from the British Isles brought out by the Seottish Immigrant Aid Society tg feum the Glan Donald Colony are

field supervisdi’s report just sub- mitted. When they landed at their destination’ they found farms, eouses, barns and equiprhent ready 30 that no time was lost in pre-' limainaries. ,

Turkish tobacco, grown in Al- berta, is better than that grown in ‘Turkey or Greece, according to a. ‘Mr, Baker here, who grew 1,000 pounds as an experiment this season,

| “He plotted out three-quarters of an

acre to ten yarieties of tobacco seed, The crop was harvested ripe before the coming of frost, and ‘of the ten

| varieties Turkish, White’ Barley and.

“‘Otinocy tnrived beste’.

| Nearly 1,050. overseas. vessels’ en- tered the Harbor of Méntreal dnd

| over 350 coastal vessels docked thers "| dn the scazon’ just. closed... This makes .

“g-very favorable showing compared . with , the 1,255. overseas ond 216 coastal vessela of..thé previous sea-" wring the ‘period of open “navigation over 113,850,000 -bushels . of grain were shipped from the. port; ‘and flour'-shipmeata ‘total ; 2,090,- :

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SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS

Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by aver “18. years of age’. on’ declaring’ intention to subjects, conditional upon pation, and improvement purposes,

Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is given in Bulletin No. 1. Land Series, ‘Bow to Preempt Land,’ copies of which can be obtalned free of charge. by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, Bo. or to any Government Agent,

Records will be, granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland, ie, carrying over 5,000 beard feet. per acre west of the Const Range and 8,100 feet per. acre east of that Range. .

Applications for pré-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording . Division in which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be ubtained from the: Land Commissioner. ‘

Pre-emptions ‘muat be occupled for five years and improvements made'‘to the value of 310 per acre, including clearing and cultivat- ing at least five acres, hefore a Crown Grant can be received. ‘ Loe

For more detailed information see the Bulletin, “How to Pre-empt Land,” ‘ ;

(PURCHASE

Applications. ara recelyed for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes: minimum priee of first-class (arable) land is $5 per acré, and second-clase’ (grazing) land $2.50 per acre... Further information regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands is given in Bulletin No, 10, Lond Series, ‘Purchase. and Lease’ of Crown Lands,” ' ‘

Mill, factory, oy industrial sites on timber Tand, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or Jessed, the conditiona including payment of atumpage.

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