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Porcupine Advance, 28 Mar 1912, 1, p. 7

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Skinner, the chief; guest, remarkedzâ€"lt seemed to he ii the impression that Canadian in-L ¢Ivestments were not so popular as .1 h1tl1e1to in his opinion this simply meant that. the British investor had} ahad rathei large dashes of Canadian' 'sec'ulities. and lately, therefore, was takinn; some repose after dining so,E 'w.ell The better class of Canadian nvestments wweu as good as ever. % a... i I; A. \\. Smithms of the Grand Trunk l3aimay1le1larcd that British capi- pl had built up Canada and other ountri1s. lie warmly deprecated the é’esent outer} zurainst the state of pnsols. “I am not. a believer in the ;11esent Government," 1leclared Mr. inithers, amid loud cheers and. lmghter, “but I do think we have; idiot sticks to beat them with than7 t1ing to injure British credit. If. Ednada continues to send us good‘ [tings we will finance them, though' 00.000.000.00... '00... The, report issued hy the Porcupine Imperial Gold Mining Company re- garding its developnrnts to date shows that a commercial ore body has been cut at the south cross-cut on the lOO-loot level. 85 feet from the shalt. The train is four feet wide. shows well defined walls. and is fill- ed with hlue quartz sprinkled with free gold. Assays on ore from this vein have shown an average of $12.50 per ton. and drifting upon the vein for 15 feet has. so the report states, increased its width and shown in- crease in value. The main Imperial Vein outcrops on the surface nearly 30 feet in width, and assays show“ per ton. l'nder the. circumstances th? manarrement have decided to install proper machinery and power drills. British Capital For Good Things “Where are you going ?” asked an; acquaintance. g “Back to Alaska, by gum," replied Daly. “I'm so homesick I can't; stand this town another minute.‘ What I want to do is to go where I! can road a paper containing news; that's two or three months old, butY new to me. I'm so sick and tired 015' boim: umom: buildings that have' been built a couple of hundred years3 that I wouldn't stay hero anotheri week for any mom-y. Just got a pa-«f per saying tiwro's been two new houses put up in Juneau, and I want‘ to see ”(-m. Good-by.” i A. J. Duly. I‘)cnmcratic national committccman from Alaska, left home in October to he at Washington in time for the meeting. last month. When he reached the Capitnf he said he thodght he'd just stick around two or three months and miss the gloomy Alaskan winter. Jes’ Longin’ For Dear Ole Alaska At the end of eight days in the city he was seen hurrying toward the Unâ€" ion stration with a suit case in hand. {to confer. with his brother, C. D. Taylor. the millionaire mine owner of Xh'aha. regarding personally fin- ancial: the imperial treasury now that recent devvlupments have prov- en the value of the property at depth. C. D. Taylor is a mine mak- er rather than a speculator and as he is the largest individual owner, realizes that a mine in Porcupine cannot he made from the sale of' a live or ten cent stock. The company has over 000.000 shares of treasury stock intact with no debts. and this stock will not be sacrificed during a. sick stock market which is due large- ly to the flotation of many worthless properties. Upening Main Vein, Which lssays fligh--lrrangemsnts to Sc- cure Ample fnnds. BUMMEHBIM flflf fflUNll flfi IMPEBIM PflflPiflIY Some 40 feet south of the above discoVery lies the main Imperial vein whieh outcrops on the surface near.y 30 feet in width and careful sampl- ing as'eraues better than $8 per ton. When this vein is opened up and ex- ploited on the l00 foot. level.' the management will feel justified in starting the preliminary units for a mill. In addition to this, adequate funds to develop and block out ore are to he arranged for and negotiations are now under way to do this. President Taylor left for ('alifornia on Monday to confer; with his brother, 0. D. Taylor. the millionaire mine owner of vaaha. regarding personally fin- ancial: the Imperial treasury now that recent developments have prov- 2 don’t want such big doses as Sir Llliam Mackenzie sent the other I In 1901, 1 took an Indian and lspent. six weeks in the locality, but. ldid not find it. The water this yea!" :wus very high and I might have hecn' ion the lake and did not know it. I' luilmlnted later to go there in the] ”intent take in all the lakes, chop: “holes in the in: and when one was found “ith :1 semnd bottom here it; a would be. l Great Britain has loaned to (Ian- ada and Newfoundland £372,511J100. To the countries of the world it has lOamd £3,l92,000,000, of which £1,- 554,152 was loaned to the British colonies and India. In View of these figures the computation of the Lon- don E<onomist of the capital and pxoperty in Great Britain is of unus- ual interest. Basing its figures on an estimate made by Sir Robert Gif- fen in 1886, it shows that since that tame, and up to 1909, there was an increase ,of £3,950,000,000, making the total value 913,986,000,000. Enormous Wealth Of Great Britain So, as the future was unfolded, il- limitable resources developed, people realize that nature has so equalized it that all the good things shall not come at once. And in the light of the past who shall say what is ahead ‘l my attention is ealled in talking By the way, do you know that is what gave Canada its name? Cabot's ship met, a Portuguese bark coming out of the St. Lawrence and in an- swer to an inquiry of what af the country,they answered: “Cana Nada -â€"n0thinp; there.” Now that fawilitivs are so 'astly improved, some enterprising explorer will unmwr what, may pmvc anutlmr 'l'rinicladâ€"40r have. you nut Cobalt and Porcupine? And all the time pmplo were saying, “Nothing there.” The Indian upon his return to the Soo told of it to a man with whom he was friendly. and made a map of the location. This man was of a scientific turn of mind. and. often thought of this story. especially of the probability of it being an asphalt lake, when he later learned of shale being found in the great north basin. It seems this was in a granite rim and the extreme low water made the exposure. Upon arriving in camp he told of his wonderful find, but the boss said it. must. have been only mud, and, anyway. things were pleasant where he was and anything else. was of no interest. He went down the bunk and saw there was about an inch of water on a black surluve. What reynurd could do. he could do. and the bottom seemed to be slightly flexible. Cut- ting n birch pole and a hole in the substance. he pushed it down as far as possible and upon pulling it out found it a black tur-like coating. smelling like oil. He knew nothing about asphalt, but knew this was something strange. In the olden days, voyage to Moose Factory was no easy matter as toâ€" day, and a favored route was up Lake Superior to Michipieoten,thenoe via Missinibi and Moose rivlrs. It was upwards of 30 years ago. two ll. l3. men started with a party and arriving at a point near the height of land. found to their con- sternation they had left. behind some valuable papers which.“ was imper- ative to have. and so. being well supplied with provisions and the in- dispenahle drinks (which of course were. and are, forbidden) they made ramp and sent two of their fleet- est men back. The guide rubbed his eyes, for, of course, never having seen such a sight. and the absence of skin-n-nn- boo. he was sure puzzled. It was in August. extremely hot. and the water very low. After some days, he one afternoon started a red fox which ran over the rim of a small lake, about a quarter of a mile across. down the bank, out on the lake. and straight across, splashing the water as it went. The bosses hnd n pleasant tinw playing crihhnqc. etc... but time hung honVy on the guides, and one uf them. n Garden River half-breed, in- telligent and resourceful, took his gun and n supply of provimons for n course through the bush. Correspondent in Arkansas Writes Interesting Story of Ancient Discovery. AN ASPHALT LAKEJN DISTRICT 0F1ALGOMA It is an ideal place for prospecting. with plenty of wood and water and for a rugged man, not so hard of no- l 0088. The geology of the country shows lgranite, porphyry and various lime- ;stones with a Lower Silurian age. i There is much mineral in Arkan- sas, some of which has been found northwest of this point. sueh as iron, zim‘ and lead. owurrim,r often in lenses as you have it in Canada. Here and there are quartz veins. i In Pike ('numy are found the true ‘chrystal earlmns. and l have seen some of these diamonds. Now, it might he not a bad idea for some of your pathfinders. while 'waiting: for the snow to go off, to run down into Arkansas for a few ;months, and find this lost treasure ‘of the ancient Spaniards. Prison, far shooting his wife, will arouse considerable interest in On- tario. The sentencing of Andrew McConv m”, of Atlanta, N. J., to the State McConnell delivered a series of lec- tures on ”Human Electriofiy” in Toronto last winter, and gained many frmnds In that connection. Toronto people who know him speak of McConnell as a. mild, kind- ly character, and can only think (if mental aberration the cause for his act; I. might add the 0M suldic-r man says ho. is positive he knows when: some one has scaled up by placed rocks, ctc.. now covered with vege- tation, what appears might be an- (thcr tunnel. ‘sBugm abacus my.“ unnoouuuo u] Used the Wrong Remedy on Wife There is a tradition among the na- tives that there is buried treasure in the hills; for about war times a very old Indian returned and told that when he was a small boy his grand- lather told him of a lake and a mountain nearby where there was huried gold. Of course. all these wild stories ham to have an Indian, but this one seems to he now a good dead one. Anyway. time and time again nug- gets of gold are picked up in these streams to a certainty, and it is within the week that newspapers give an account of a St. Louis par- ty organizing to go down there this summer and try and find the source of this gold. Assuming that. people were in there minim: in 14388, on this White river. and had ahundnnvc of treasure. their supplies were cut 0". via New Or- leans and. hesct with danger. their only means of csvapo was to hide what. they had and set out OVerlnnd fur Santa Fe. New Mexico, which was then a flourishing Spanish pust. with an old soldier of a strange con- dition in the Ozark Mountains at Northern Arkansas. This old fellow has had some experience. and knows a tunnel from a cave. which latter the natives have pronounced several openings which he has visited. lle has worked it. out that. there are some old Spanish mines in the local- ity. for he has sent away eight sam- ples oi roek picked up on the hillside and found gold and silver in the Mk say. The Spaniards were the experienc- ed miners oi the world for hundreds of years. nnd this very territory was owned and controlled by Spain for a long period. when. with :1 war. she lost it to France in 1688. Records show that. Spaniards were mining in the c-mintry up to this time. For lle Snto, in Florida. heard of this great eonntrv to the northwest where gold and silver nhounds. and it is further of record that he. with his party in 15-10. went up the ‘-lis.~i<sip- pi riVer to the mouth of the .\.kan- 5:15 and White Rivers and remained there until 1542. Later‘he died and was buried on the banks ol the great river. lower down. This country is as wild as it was generations arm. with no railroad and a primitivv people. Hearing marked rm'ka and mounds indicate to him a main tunnel. the mouth of which has been closed for a purpose. and as he is old and physically all in. he wants some exporiom‘cd young men to come and find it.

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