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T. 82 N.0.Reduced Rates Single Fare Return Passenger! requiring Pullman ac- commodation will please make early request to our local agent 80 that Good going April 4th. 5th, 6th. 7th. 8th. 1912. and valid for return up to and including Wednesday, April 10th, 1912. Minimum {are tWenty- five (25) cents. we may know just what extra equip- ment is wanted. signed. A. J. FARR General Frt. and Pass. Agent For further particulars apply to any T. N. 0. Agent or the under- Manitoba Saskatchewan and Albesta Canadian P a c i f i c Homeseekers Excursions For tickets and full information, a nly to D. J. McKeown, Depot quket Agent, North Bay, Ont.; W. G. Metzler, Town Ticket Agent, Fer- guson Block, North Bay. Ontario Land Surveyors Engineers and Maps} Engineering. Mine and Land Sur- veying, Draughting, Blue Printing by ebctric process and latest maps of all mining areas on hand. HEAD OFFICE : The afternoon trains Saturday last brought large crowds of visitors to South Porcupine from the various outlying towns and this burg Ior a time gave every evidence that the crv of “hard times” is onlyfa myth. Devlin Block ~ Get your information Direct lrom the Camp regarding WEE"! YOUNG”, 899! Stock May South Porcupine, 0nt.. Can. “RIGHT ON THE GROUND" Holidays “INING STOCKS, MINING CLAIMS. . TOWNSITE LOTS, E"). e are ”RICI'IT ON THE GROUND.” I5 us anything about PORCUPINEfl Hut} what we are here for. PORCUPINE PORCUPINE. Â¥uller Co. Apr" 2, Is, 52 May 14, 28 June ll, 25 July 5, 25 August Ii, 20 September 2, II Cohan One locomotive ‘ype hoiler. 60 horsepower. One 45x3x-l Fairbanks Duplex: Pump. | One Rand 44 drill. 1 One Rand 438 Drill. [ i One Rand Compressor. first-class~ order. Ono 5x5 .lcnckcs Hoist with 200 feet 3 9. cable. first. class order. ‘ 500 feet tram rails. 12 lb. ‘ Air Receiver. 2 feet 6 inches by 10, Icot. ‘2 Sheaves, one 3 inch, one two inch. new. 2 Dump Cars. nearly new, 14 cubic foot capacity. Machine Shop Jooo¢¢9ooooooooooo¢ooo Barrister. Solicitor, Notary. c. King St, Golden City TO RENT â€"- ONE STORE, I.\T lrzmt. Ont, building with a room in the back of it. Situated on lot No. 130, good locality for restaurâ€" ant. pool room, fruit store, butcher shop or any other kind of business. except dry goods store. For parti- culars write or apply personally to CHALYKOF‘F dz. DRAJKOFF. Porcupine, FLEMING 8o MARVIN Apply 8. Alfred Jones, K.C. LUMSDEN BUILDING Porcupine and Cobalt Stocks Members Standard Stock Exchange Geo. Poppleton, For Sale TELEPHONE M 48 902 Coohrane. Ont. HAILEYBURY Ontario. innnhnii‘s Great Showings ite- ceive Attention from Bani- taiists and Mining lien 2 Of the outlying townships of the H’orcupine district none have been gmore prominent. 0! late than Turn- ' bull and Godfrey. These are located trespeCtiv ely two and three townships iidue west of Tisdaie, and they have; ishoxm up so well under surface de- iwarlopnmnt, and such small testing to: ‘depth as has been done that pron-i ipectors, engineers and capitalists: lalike are looking their way for the lnext sensational developments in the gold mining line. Minim: men who have just return- !od from the north report that a good ideal of act.i\‘ity is now on in that :section of the l’orrupine camp, if it ican he included in that category. A gdevided trek over the Sandy Falls route into 'l'urnhull and Godfrey l'as ibccii under way for weeks» and ac- ‘conling to report, an average of about twenty dog teams. with load- led toboggans, and as many men with 'pack sacks, have passed that way daily. IUflNBUll All] BflflffllV EWING Tfl THE fBflNI Many prospectors rushed supplies in before the break-up, and develop- ment work will he prosec‘uted' with vigor. Some claim owners have been in and out of the district sev- eral times during the winter, and while the outside world is little in- formed oi the results of their lnhors, there are some surprises due from that quarter when the snow is gone and the trails are in condition for traveL A summary of results obtained on some of the leading properties in the district is as follows: On the Monty Montgomery claims in Westeni (iod- trey a shaft is down 50 feet, and a drift runs 1:3 feet into the vein. Good assays have been taken. West of this are the Seguin and Vullieres properâ€" ties, on which line native gold show- ings have been uncovered. Next are the McLean lots, with a good look- ing vein and assay results. Barney McEnenny, who sold the property in the Porcupine camp proper, Which bears his name, to the Crown Re- serve, the McEnaeany Mines. Limit.- ed, has a couple of claimsmlso.whioh have excellent showings. 'l‘he Ferland claims, on‘which work has been done this winter. Show very creditably. as do the Dennis and Lesh properties, where are located the largest quartz dykes in the dis- triet. Adjoining these are the Clear- ihue and Silver King lots. A large force of men are now at work there, and leads of no man character are in evidence. I There are hardwood floors through- igout "the hotel and the accommoda- {tion as regards bathrooms and other letmvenienees will place this hotel :with thecbest in the North country. 1n 'l‘urnhull Township no fewer than :30 creditable gold showings are uncovered. Among the properties 1mm in the public eye might be men- tinned the McLean-Flanagan. recent- ly given on option to Billie Munro umLR. W. Gibson, of Pembroke; the Magridue and Speckeler, Goodwin- Morton-Spellman, and the Merry Christmas-l.)evine claims. All these look good from present indications. West of these are the Porcupine Gold Peak lots, and the SmithuJ'a’mieson and Joly claims. Others might also be mentioned. The formation in this locality is the same as in the Pearl Lake dis- trict of Porcupine, Keewatin schist, quartz, porphyries and diorities of the Huronian series and a sprinkling of diabase of the post-Huronian. The quartz is well mineralized and the veins are true fissure ones. It is more often the rule than the excep- tion to get good traces of gold in panning both the quartz and the country rock. The building is completed and the painters and decorators ave now at work finishing the interior. Great progress is being made with the fine new hotel at; Timmins. The large ball and dining and reading rooms are all being prepared in‘ plain soft-toned papers, and the woodwork leftlwith a natural finish, the efl‘evt being most pleasing. Patrons of the Hotel Kingston who have not Visited this popular hostelry for a few days are surpris- ed on returning to find such a change in appearances throughout the hotel. Manager McLean is daily receiving the congratulations of many triends immins Hotel Nears Completion THE PO RCU PINE ADVANCE The management report that the headgear on the main shaft. is in place and the construction of the! c ;rellner\ has begun. l‘lie eonstruetion oi the mill pro‘ eeeds name. the tuhe mills lieing in plat" and the batteries for the stamps lwini: installed at the pre- sent time. the stamps also heing set. E .\'o. 2 win on the ’00 {(mt level has deteloped into a rich are bod), sinkinn‘ on the main \ein down to a le‘t‘l at 230 feet. “0 far dewlupments at the llul- linger mine haw more than justified E the estimates P. .~.\ Rnhhins made in his annual report. i Tn date the must. quurulile devel- iupm‘nts huVe lieen on No.3.) Vein and X0. 4. In the report. No. 4 Vein was lestimated to (ontnin 35. 000 tons for Ithe first 200 feet. although the 0.0- limit le\'el had not then been reached. I Flie win at the EGO-foot lmel has Ejust been out at the time of writing. ‘and while it has not yet tsbeen sam- lpled. it bears a strong resemblance to the win at the 100~ioot lexel where it. was good payable. me. E l E E l l l t E is l The erusseut from No. .1 vein was lpushed 200 feet and had passed un- der :1 point directly below where the vein should have appeared. The walls of the cross-cut, were then washed down and on the north could be seen some pyrite which gave a low assay. A round of holes was then ‘ driven and when tired a four-foot vein of quartz was opened up. Hflllllfiffl INSIAlllNB [MM HEW BUMPHESSUB Results of Besclopment Continue to Surpass all Previous Estimates of Umbodies When the new compressor that has been ordered for the Ilollingrr is in- stalled this mine will have the lung. est machine in the camp. The ‘ncw Rand compressor. the order for which has been placed. is a 151M“ machine and has a capacity of 1582 cubic feet of air. ()n the lOO-foot level the .\'o. 4 vein is so much better in grade. and so many hreaks in the vein have heel) filled in that it is estimated that there is now about. twice as much ore in sight on this vein as was estimated in the. report. Dovelopment work on No. 2 vein has been so much better than ex- pevted that. it is computed that $1,- 800,000 is estimated rather than $1,- 200.000. These estimates are not of are actually blocked out. but of what may reasonany he expected to he developed. The work on the main vein is pro- ceeding more slowly. To the north the drift ran into bad gmund. and it is probable that the commencement of the next ore body will not be picked up for 80 or 100 feet. At the end of this slightly barren patch a winze has been sunk 30' feet below the JOO-foot level and there shows $32 ore, so that the probabil- ity that the ore shoot does not con- tinue down to the ‘BOO-foot level is now very small. Bismuth Scarce In United States Bismuth is one of the few metals of which the United States cannot or does not produce enough to sup- ply its needs. The scarcity of his- Inuth-hitlns country and the accred- ited control of the market by a for- eign xsyndicate have kept the Ameri- can price high, but according to the United States Geological Survey in- terest is rapidly being developed in the recovery of bhunuth as a by-pro- duct in electrolytic. lead refining. No large deposits of bismuth are known in the United States, but poms Ores mined for their gold or silver have been found to be more Valuable for their bismuth than for their original content. Thus in 1910 a Colorado mine 1eâ€" production of me which carried up to 18 per cent. of bismuth, in addi- tion,to gold and silver. The ore was smelted for the precious metals it contained but if it had been sold for its tismuth content alone it probab- ly would have brought at least $185 per ton. Another Colorado mine produced during the same year ore containing 11 to 16 per cent. of bismuth, the total content, of the metal amount- ing to several tons. 'I‘houg-h mined for gold. this ore was more valuable for its bismuth. The imports of bis- muth in 1910 were 198,174 lb.. valu- ed at $332,668.. on the general impuniqnent, espe- cially the cafe; which has undergone a real transformation. PROSPECTOR’S STORY TOLD TO HIS BURRO Finding and Loss of Gimlet Hole Mine Contains Thrilling Adventure “You are complaining that. it is a long time between hay and grass." said the prospector to his burro. “and that. you have about worked over the garbage dump in xhe war of Mike Kelley's hash house drwn near the month of the canyon; all of whivh is a sure indication of the near approach of sprinz: anmher sure prediction being th? arrival.yes- tcrday. of a pair of rohhins, who-5c appearance is always hailed with (it“- light by the prospector in the hills. Another positive indication exists in the fact that nny feet are itching tt) get out into the rough places. and I am almost sure to follow them with- in the next “T0k.(W ten days.far I have nuuhrtuiruy nfind to take an- (uher trhiinto the (kflahash range in search of the lost Gimlet Hole mine. about which there was so much talk. throughout the west twenty- tlve years ago. “I see." Continued the prospcmir.‘ ”that you don't. take mueh stock in the (iimlet Ilole. which. in your es- timation. is of too small a horn to figure much in a his: mining prop .si- tion. and that. undouhtmlly, the whole proposition has gone. to seed by this time. or has grown whiskers whirh will rival the chin adornment oi the old hermit up in the Elkhorn pass. hack of our camp; hut. none whatever; for a ledge or deposit of «we rarely deteriorates through lapse of time. like a hurro in an old Cor- ral. and sometimes it experiences se- condary enrichment. much the same as the garbage dump improves in vitality and sustenance when Mike adds to it his daily contribution of left-over mulligan stew. the leavings of a ‘ham and' or a ‘staek of wheats;' and, ii I can only rediscov- er this lost houanza.. I will lay a dollar against a plugged roulette wheel that it will maize both of us rich. “The (iimlet Hole was found by Pete Matthews a quarter of a cen- tury ago, and he, told me, one day, how be foundzit, and how he missed his landmarks, and rould never go to the same place again. It is an interesting story, and if you ran keep your ears under Cen- trol {or a few minutes I will relate it to you. Pete Matthews, at the time he made his discovery, was about twenty-five, and as husky as a wildâ€"cat in active training. He was born in the hills, and had been used to prospecting ever since he was old enough to lead a burro up to a fence so he could get on him. He had made several minor discoveries dur- ing his time. but vas so imbued with the idea of finding a bonanza that his father had to put. lead soles on his boots to keep him from men- dering too far away from home. (‘lne day, however, he fastened his pack to his burro, took his rifle and six-shooter and started out into the back country. For a week he travel- ed, paying no attention to the ore blossoms on the hills or :the float in the canyons. By this time he was well out of the beaten track, and be- gan to congratulate himself upon the fact that he was now in a region where, in all probaliility, the hand of man had never set foot. It sure was a wild and desolate looking country. The mountains were high and rog- ged, and the canyons narrow and precipitous. In the distance, looking from the top of a high range, he could see what seemed to be twin 'buttes, between which a great dyke coursed almost like a Chinese wall. It took him two days to get to the base of the buttes, and that night he camped at. a little spring that trickled down through the wild growth of manzanita and scrub oak. As a matter of fact he made this his stopping place while in that secâ€" tion, for no other water was to be found for miles. Early in the morn- ing he was up and was pleased to find good looking float in the wash a short. distance from his camp. The great dyke T have spoken of seemed to terminate near the spring, and a close examination proved it to be porphyry. The country rook could not be determined at that spot, for the Wh0l( hill: ide was covered with slide rock and (libris, and, but for the dyke the mountain side was as smooth as a barker at an auction sale. The dyke. however. was a huge affair, being about 100 feet in width at its base and often rising 150 feet. into the air. Filling his canteens, Pete started up the (1ka towards. the saddle be- )Spgm ul‘. stock in your vs- borc to tween the twm nuttes. It was high noon when he reached the summit, and he was completely tired out. when he got there. Alter eating lunch and taking a long pull at one of his canteens. he heran urospecting around. At the saddle the (lyke seem- ed to he was pnrus and full of little holes about as big as a which Pete designated halos. It was a rather with a dyke overshadow «Ho. and a place whicl‘ huld out many attrnt‘tinns to a bur. rmhut Pete was 80 «Method in pro.»- pcctinp: that hr ncvcr felt his isoln‘ tion nnt‘ notivod that the day. was rapidly waninc. In fact. it was dark almost hotore ho knew it. and so he decided to camp where he was lot the night. finding it sort of cave in tho porphyry dykc. where he slept fairly Well until new morning. when ho horamr aware that wild beasts were prowling around his retreat. 'l‘wivc. lwtorc daybreak. ho tired his rifle at shadowy forms in the dis- tanco. and evidently one of his show was cflortivo. for there vas a grvat touring in the brush as if some ani- mal were engaged in a dvat'h strug- glc. la the morning he wert out and found he had brought tltm .. 4. mount- ain lion of immense siw 'l’lt. shut, had struck him just hehind the shoul- ders and near the heart. and. not- withstanding the fatal wound, it had liVed and stl'ttu‘glt'd seVeral hours. He was stone dead when Matthews went to him, however, and looked as rig as a house. l’ete managed to turn him over, after considerable ellort. and, in doing so. noticed where the animal, in his throes, had clawed away the debris and exposed solid formation. The rock had an.appear- ance that attracted the attention of Pete at once, and, forgetting the dead lion, he soon had his pick in hand and was tearing away at the rock like a mangy dog lighting fleas. The first fragment broken 0!! rolled out into the sunlight and glistened like a diamond in a pearl necklace; only the color was different, being like the reflection from a scarlet fev- ;er quarantine notice. Picking up the yrock Pete was surprised to (ind-that. it was a line sugar quartz which was literally filled with wire gold, with Inug‘gcts of the pure metal. as big as a pea, scattered throughout the 1111188. From then on until almost dark he put in his time uncovering the gold- bearing rock, which he found to be a true lissure in rhyolite, which paral- leled the big dyke at a distance of about .100 feet. The big vein was a true fissure and about two and a half feet in width, and the filling was the same rich sugar quartz as the first piece he had .broken off. That night he returned to the camp, taking with him about twenty-five pounds of the ore. The next day he devoted tou~stak- ing out a group ofthree claims, and the day following he dug out about fifty pounds more of the bonanza stuff. By this time he was about out of grub, and so decided to strike out for home with the intention of re- turning to his discovery as soon as possible. Taking seventy-five pounds of the high-grade with him, he start- ed out the next morning, but had not gone far before a great dust storm arose which.completely coverâ€" ed the country. When it passed he was off his route, and had lost his bearings. From then on, until he was found, a week later, by some sheep-herders, his mind was blank, just as yours is much of the time. Most of this time he had been without water and he was crazed with thirst and weak from hunger. It was quite a while, after getting' him home, before he was rational. and then he told his story and exhibited his ore. Of course the prospectors and miners of camp went wild over what he nlaim- ed he had found, and he was soon at the head of a strong: party whom he expected to guide to his great disâ€" coveryâ€"the (i'imlet Hole, he called it --hut he had lost his reckoning, and seaH'h as carefully as he might, he never found it again. ”1 want to tell you, Old Long Ears,” concluded the prospector, “I am going to find thv lost Hi'mlct Hole, and, if I am fortunate. you can bet your last six-bits that 1 will have my landmarks in mind so that I can find the way back in the dark; and there you are, and then u some. a lead pencil. d as cimlet ‘ mam] spot. wing Hue sad- 3h would not