Ontario Community Newspapers

Porcupine Advance, 5 Mar 1924, 1, p. 5

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ance being covered with heavy overâ€" burden. In the three outcroppings very spectacular free gold showings oceur, heavy pannings anrd unusually higch assays being oOhbtained. Interesting Gold Discovery on Claims in Townships of McArthur and While performing assessment work on a group of five claims owned by the United Explorers‘ Corporation in the Townships of MeArthur and Bartâ€" lett workman some days . ago unâ€" covered what appears to be a very important gold discovery. The find is along a marked depression crossing the claims for a distance of about a mile in length. Official information is that the depression or line of weakâ€" ness occurs along a Porphyryâ€"Kewatâ€" in contact, but the rock outerops and has been picked up at only three places along the depression, the balâ€" says. Une veim is about NIleen foee! wide and is heavily mineralized with iron pyrite, galena and molyhdonite. The other is a shear zone about nineâ€" ty feet widse and consists of scehists and greenstone very heavily minerâ€" alized with iron pyrite.: A‘bout 150 Ib, of samples are on exhibition at the company‘s‘ office at South Poreuâ€" pine and are attraeting much attenâ€" fion. The discoveries appear important enough to arouse very general attenâ€" tion, and there is special interest in view of the fact that the United Exâ€" plorers‘ Corporation is a new comâ€" pany, formed on oniginal lines and with more than usual promise of outâ€" standing success. At the outeroppings referred to eonsiderable trenching _ and other work has been done, while two other veins have also received much attenâ€" tion. Pannings from the outceropâ€" pings and the veins referred to have shown very satisfactory results in asâ€" sayvs. One veim is awabout fifteen feet UNITED EXPLORERS MAKE IMPORTANT GQLD FND FORMER TIMMINS. BANDSMAN .BIED AT THE BAY THURSDAY The late Louis Desicco was born in [taly, coming to Canada with his parâ€" ents when about three years old. He was educated in North Bay, and for a time he was employed on the stalf of A. A. Melntosh, North Bay, later coming to Timmins, where he was highly regarded by all who knew him. Some time ago he dbought a farm near North Bay and intended to take up farming this spring. that the luncheon was particularly suecessful and pleasing, the hospita‘â€" ity of the Schumacher people being well known. Mr. and ‘Mrs. Shippam did the catering for the occasin, and the luncheon accordingly was an unâ€" usually attractive and pleasing one in every way. The special speaker for the occasion was Reeve C. V. Gallâ€" agher, of Tisdale, whose address was full of inspiration and lightened by his pleasing humour. He spoke inâ€" terestingly on municipah progress in Tisdale and Timmins and urged coâ€" operation and goodiwill in all working together for the Porcupine. _ Mr. Geo. B. Debney, of the St. Jolhn Ambulâ€" anee Corps, also gave an interesting talk on the history and aims of the organization he represented.. ~*~ charge of C. Martino‘s butcher shop at Timmins and he had many friends here. He was one of the clarinet players in the Timmins Citizens‘ Band and also on occeasion played the side drums. He was taken ill some weeks ago with Bright‘s disease which affected his eyesight lex\n him praetical"\' blind.. He was re moved to the North Bay hospital on Feb. 5l1th, but developed diphtheria and was returned to his home where he died on Feb. 28th. Tuesday of last week the Kiwanis ‘lub held its weekly ~luncheon at Schumacher, being the grests of the Schumacher members for the occasâ€" ion. It is scarcely necessary to say every way. the occasion agher, of Ti full of insp "There will be very general and sinâ€" cere regret here at the death in North Bay last Thursday morning of Lows Desicco, aged 217 years. For some years the late Louis Desicco was in charee of C. Martino‘s butcher shop KIWANIS HOLD PLEASANT LUNCHEON AT SCHUMACHER us Liesicceco was in ino‘s butcher shop » had many friends ie of the clarinet Timminsâ€" Citizens‘ ‘*Lateral work on the 1,000â€"ft. level on Group No. 1 of the company hayâ€" ing several weeks ago reached locaâ€" tions where pilot diamond drilling could be _ done advantageously this lateral diamond drilling was comâ€" menced and the programme then deâ€" cided upon has been about completed. Developments since the shaft on this group was continued from the 130â€"ft. level to the 1,000â€"ft. level and lateral work earried on on the 500â€"f‘t. and 1,000â€"ft. levels have just been exâ€" amined by‘ the company‘s engineer and a decision as to further financing and the future development of the property, including the instalilation of electrical equipment, will be made by the directors af‘ter the report and reâ€" commendations of the company‘s enâ€" gineer have been received. It is the intention to advise the shareholders when a decision has ‘been arrived at. Kerr Lake Mines, Limited, are disâ€" continuing the expenditure of money under their option, but pending decisâ€" ion of the directors, pumping operaâ€" tions will be continued by the comâ€" pany."‘ KERR LAKE DROPS OPTION ON GOLDALE PROPERTY An offictal statement given out last week hy the President J. Y. Murdock of the Goldale Company, is to the effect that the Kerr Lake Company has dropped its option, but that fFurâ€" ther financing is being discussed and shareholders will be advised shortly. Mr. ‘Murdock‘s statement is given as follows :â€" CANADIAN LORRAIN NOW LISTED ON THE EXCHANGE The property in South Lorrain formerly known as the Maidens propâ€" erty ‘but recently reâ€"organized as the Canadian Lorrain â€" was listed this week on the Standard Stock Exâ€" change, shares selling at 50c. The capitalization is $2,000,000.00 _ The property lies east of the Mining Corâ€" poration holdings and the Keeley and a short distance west of the Nipissing hodings in that section of country. The directorate of the Canadian Lorâ€" rain includes many of those interested in the Vipon and Keeley mines, and Dr. J. Macintosh Bell, managingâ€"diâ€" rector of the Keeley, is also managâ€" ingâ€"director of the Canadian Lorrain. Recently there has been special interâ€" est in the Keeley and the whole 4isâ€" trict in which that wondserful silver producer is located. The February production of the Keeley was 150,495 ounces of silver. P WPH N Supe i To ts c i t tm s sn se mm ) Wls s . s ui «> OE Uirmmp s . i jp

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