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Last week The Advance published a| brief despatch from the South Porcuâ€"| pine correspondent of this paper givâ€"| ing the information that operatlonsu were being resumed on the Porcupine Lake hoidings on the northâ€"east sxdel of Porcupine Lake. This property is| more generally known as the Hunter| property and was the first property to] operate in the Porcupine area years ago. It was owned by Dr. Hunter, of ‘Toronto, and as suggested last week he was not ready to operate it except on his own plans, nor was he willing to! dispose of it outright. Since the death of | Dr. Hunter, however, Toronto mterestsl are understood to have made terms and | agreements whereby the property is beâ€"| ing reâ€"opened. In addition to the desâ€"| patch published in these columns last week from South Porecupine, the follow-| ing reference is available this week from Toronto. ' RESUMING OPERATIONS ON HUNTER PROPERTY Syndicate of Toronto Business and Mining Men Arrange for Developâ€" ment Programme C. Lorne Campbell, manager of the operating syndicate, intimates that negotiations are being carried out with one of the Porcupine producers to mill the commercial ore as it is brought to surface, instead of piling it on the dump. of N week. A syndicate composed of Toronto business and mining men is stated to have entered into an agreement with the company and the holding interests to commence serious development work at once. Considerable development work has been completed on the proâ€" perty, including the installation of a complete mining plant and the sinking of a threeâ€"compartment shaft to a depth of 280 feet, where a crossâ€"cut was driven to the north. Commercial values were indicated in a drift here across the full width for a length of 104 feet, Diamond drilling is also said to have shown interesting results. At the present time the workings are| lracing the Ul dail ILMdiL) being pumped out, and this should be | in Canada, Mr. Wilson said: "Condiâ€" completed in a few days. A carefuli tions between Summer and Winter vary study of the geology is then to be made, so much that the problem of running and the values in the drift at a depth an air mail service all the year round of 280 feet will be carefully sampled.f on schedule across Canada is a large It is expected that the development of | undertaking which will require some the known ore will be extended and| years for its development. some further diamond drilling carried) "After a careful study," he added, out to cut a number of veins showing| "the conclusion has been reached that on surface. ta maintain a regular allâ€"theâ€"yearâ€" The Porcunine Lake Gold Mining Company is capitalized at 3,000,000 shares. Of this total 1,500,000 go for the company, and are all pooled. Out of the balance, when the financing planned is completed, there will remain in the treasury 900,000 shares for fuâ€" ture needs. No large public offering of shares is planned, as the company has full title to all its properties, complete camp buildings, arnd a mining plant consistâ€" ing of a 200â€"horsepower electric motor, 12â€"drill electrically driven compressor, sixâ€"drill steam compressor, 90â€"horseâ€" power steam boiler, and a hoist capâ€" able of operating to a depth of 1,000 feet, all fully paid for. The only finâ€" ances necessary will be for the actual underground development. $1.00 any place in Timmins $2.00 to South Porcupine Just WATCH FOR THE CHECKER TAXI 32 Third Avenue, Timmins Mayor Banner was reâ€"elected mayor _ North Bay by acglamation this Hamilton‘s One Dollar Checker T axi "Free Taxis Toâ€"morrow! Perfect Service B# V 4J i | cial i ere:| He described the work of the Hudâ€" !son Straits expedition, which obtained ‘a report on ice conditions and studied 'the requirements necessary to safeâ€" guard navigation. are; Tracing the development of air malls aid .tarv for State for Air, heads the Briâ€" ‘tish delegation. Canada‘s chief deleâ€" gate is Mr. Desbarats. _ Official reports to the first day‘s sesâ€" sion told of airplanes speeding into ’ undeveloped sections of Canada, carryâ€" ing mail and mining equipment to 6pomts served before only by dogâ€"sled; of planes carrying newspapers and .mail within a few hours to isolated lcxtis in Siam, and of the thousands using air lines for passenger transporâ€" ‘tatlon to all parts of Europe. f It was like a fairy tale come true to ;some of the pioneer fliers who istened _ Next to the United States, Canada has the biggest delegation present, and |representatives from the Dominion will be very active on subâ€"committees where regulations for flying across inâ€" ternational borders and kindred quesâ€" | tions are discussed. _ The conference opened this morning ;with an address of welcome by Presiâ€" dent Coolidge. Atlanta Constitution:â€"Contentment is about eight parts liaziness. DOG TEAMG AND GANOES GIVE WAY TD AIRPLANES Controller of Civil Aviation in Canada Reviews the Transportation Changes Flying is solving many of the proâ€" _> blems in transport and administration | * of the Dominion, J. A. Wilson, controlâ€"| ler of civil aviation in Canada, told{w the delegates to the International Civil al Aeronautics Conference which opened| © at Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. | ° Mr. Wilson read a paper on civil) !( aviation in Canada shortly after Presiâ€". dent Coolidge had declared the conâ€". s1 ference open and the election of offiâ€"| ¢ cers had taken place. ! ‘tl The airplane is replacing the old hisâ€") toric means of transportation in * North, said Mr. Wilson. In areas d where railways and steamship ° have not yet penetrated, the canoe and| the dog team are giving place to the|° airplane. "On our Eastern coast, our| s pilots fly over the,ice floes off Labraâ€"| q dor and Newfoundland helping the| § sealing fleets. They are aiding the: surveyor in making his maps in Nova| 5 Scotia and New Brunswick, and the| d entomoligist in Cape Breton in fightâ€"| c ing the spruce budworm. They carry 4 winter mails to the isolated communiâ€" ties on the Magdelen Islands, Anti-' costi and the Canadian Labrador. On| £ the Pacific they are helping the forestâ€" ers, engineers, surveyors, geologists and fishery guardians in their work of canâ€" servation and development. Near cur southern borders, air mails are being| carried from the Gulf of St. Lawrence| to Western Ontario. Air surveys are being made, the forest protected from the air, and on the prairies our botan-| ists are experimenting with aircraft in fighting wheat rust disease. All through the North, as far as Hudson Straits‘ and the Yukon, every year sees an inâ€", creasing use of aircraft in all phases‘ of exploration and development." , # to the The British countries represented are Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irish Free State and India. Lord Thomson, former British ‘Secreâ€" A special committee was appointed to deal with the legal aspects of civil aviation, and the international air conâ€" vention of 1919 is being reviewed. Mr. Wilson traced the history of military and civil aviation in Canada and said that "In Canada toâ€"day we have no aviation which is not selfâ€"supâ€" porting. ‘This applies equally to comâ€" mercial flying and to the civil operâ€" ations of the Dominion and Provmcml Governments." Great Britain has the only woman delegate in the person af Lady Heath who contributed papers on "The Airâ€" plane Club Movement in England" and "Technical Aspects of a Transâ€"African Flight in a Light Airplane." The foundation of an international code for the regulation of civil airoâ€" nautics was laid at the opening session of the conference. Representatives of forty countries, six of them British atâ€" tended. Hon. William F. Whiting, Secâ€" retary of Commerce of the United States, was elected chairman. G. J. Desbarats, Deputy Minister of National Defense for Canada, was elected one of the viceâ€"presidents. Orville Wright, one of the Wright brothers who are credited with having made the first successful flight in a heavierâ€"thanâ€"air machine, is a guest of honour. "After a careful study," he added, "the conclusion has been reached that ta maintain a regular allâ€"theâ€"yearâ€" round service méans the provisions of airdromes at convenient intervals from coast to coast. This present no diffiâ€" culty in the Prairie provinces nor in the settled parts of Eastern Canada. In Northern Ontario, between North Bay and the Manitoba boundary, howâ€" ever, the plan involves careful surveys of the terrain and considerable expense in making airdromes. In the mounâ€" tain section, occasional fields sufficient to provide landing grounds can be found to run the service with reasonâ€" able safety." ‘BIDGOOD sSINKING PLAN JUSTIFIED SAYS REPORT Conditions at Bidgood Consolidated Mines, seven miles from Swastika, are described in a report by T. W. Todd, formeriy of the Ontario Department of Mines. In the area originally deâ€" veloped, says the statement, the No. 9 vein follows a strong fault zone, which, it is believed, will persist to great depth. It shows no diminution of strength at the 500â€"foot level. At greater depths it would appear to be bordered by favourâ€" able rock walls, since the syenite is inâ€" creasing in volume. It contains a shoot of commercial ore on the 300 and 400 foot levels and gives encouragement on the 600 for the occurrence of other shoots at greater depth. There is every reason to expect, Mr. Tood believes that other shoots exist in No. 9 vein beâ€" low this level and there is, therefore, ample justification for the sinking of the shaft to the 1,000â€"foot level, thus opening up three more levels. In the eastern section of the property, one vein was trenched for 210 feet and surface assays and a drill core were distinctly encouraging. Visible gold was found in another vein near by and a shaft has now been sunk here to a depth of 60 feet with work still proâ€" ceeding. A level is to be established at 125 feet and crosscuts driven to both veins. No. 1 shaft has passed the 725â€" â€" NO foot mark THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO "At present he is optimistic in reâ€" gard to getting rail transportation into the famous Red Lake area, in which one of his properties is located. He expects in 1929 to be operating a minâ€" JAGK HAMMILL HAG BlG PLAN TO DPEN UP NORTH Noted Mining Man Interviews Governâ€" ment Officials at Ottawa Last Week on Proposal Jack Hammill, who has done so much recently to attract special attention to the mining and other possibilities of the far north, is understood to have worked out a plan for the opening up of noteworthy mineral wealth in Canâ€" ada‘s North Country. In referring to the matter last week, The Ottawa Journal says:â€" "For the purpose of interviewing Government officials in an attempt to interest them in a scheme for the openâ€" ing up of mineral wealth in Canada‘s northland, Jack Hammill, éeminent minâ€" ing man and president of several comâ€" panies, was in the city Thursday. He left yesterday morning. "Mr. Hammill was reticent in regard to details of his project, but he intimaâ€" ted it related to the opening up of thousands of acres of land in Northern Canada which contain showings of great mineral wealth. . Simcoe Reformer:â€"The Ontario \ Government should not hesitate to }open the treasury for the benefit of those unfortunate settlers in Northern QOntario whose crops were badly damâ€" | aged by incessant rains and later by |floods. Many hundreds of them, pioâ€" ineers of the north country, are strugâ€" |gling under headicaps which one can ‘only understand by a personal teur of inspection. They are performing A noble service to the province and in their time of distress that province should not be backward in coming to their aid. Brooklyn Eagle:â€"Diet specialists now tell us that spaghetti is the best allâ€" around food. All around what? Highâ€"Grade Samples from Week‘s Run of the Press ing plant in Northern Canada from newly devolped electric power, and he predicts his company will be among the largest inside the next five years. "Jack Hammill is a veteran in the prospecting and mining game and easily one of the colourful figures enâ€" gaged now in that industry. "Mr. Hammill was the first to take up airplanes as a means of transporâ€" tation into the hinterland, and he was the first mining promoter to pay prosâ€" pectors. He also provides prospectors with assay service. He owns grub caches all over the north country, and has about $58,000 worth of gasoline located at stragetic points for his plan when they land, he said. Business compels its practitioners to face realities. 8. J. A. B. to Hold Grand Advertisement Dance This week the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Timmins Division, announce a grand "Advertising Dance" to be held in the Hollinger Recreation hall, Timmins, on Thursday evening, Jan. srd, 1929. There will be good. prizes for the best costumes representing adâ€" vertisements. Every gentleman attendâ€" ing will be presented with a package of cigarettes, and every lady with a toilet accessory., Refreshments will be served during the evening. Dancing from 9 to 2. Tommy Stephens and his orchesâ€" tra will supply the best in the latest music. There will be prizes for a "card dance," and other special feaâ€" tures. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. R. Byers will be the judges. This dance promises to be the most outstanding and attractive event of the present season and there should cerâ€" tainly be a bumper crowd. Tickets may be secured from any member of the brigade and it would appear to be the part of wisdom to secure tickets early. It will be a novel event and most enjoyable. In addition, those atâ€" tending will be showing their support for the St. John Ambulance Brigade. ‘"Remember!" says the posters just isâ€" sued, "First Aid saves lives and limbs! Give it your support!" Thursday, Dec. 20th, 1928