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Porcupine Advance, 13 Feb 1936, 2, p. 6

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e s dn dind reaty alas® s North Frontiers Pushed Back by the Lure of Gold In the last issue of The Advance a ; examples on the influence of mining on review was given of the first of a series | the settlement of the country. Thirty of addresses on Canada‘s mining indusâ€"| years ago a small frontier town in a try by Hon. T. A. Crerar, Dominion | lumbering district, Sudbury is toâ€"day a Minister of Minzs. Below will be found | modern city of 20,000 inhabitants served the important part of another in the by splendid motor highways. â€"And so series of addresses he has prepared. the frontisr has moved northward with Hon. Mr. Crerar pointed out that last| the development of Sudbury‘s mines year the production of all min<ral comâ€"| and smelting industries, which to date modities in Canada reached a total of | nave preduced well above $600,000,000 $308,000,000,. or a :million dollars each, worth of metals. working day. He then continues:â€" "Those familiar with the mining "I have no apology to offer for d:alâ€" camps,â€" 100 miles farther along the ing tonight with gold. Its output last| Temiskaming and Northern Ontario years of, $116,000,000 reprosented 38| railway, will recognize that the transâ€" per cent of the total value of Canada‘s| formation wrought in the Sudbury disâ€" mineral production. This gold output ! trict has been repeated there. We need was a very important item in enab.ing |not look beyond the $900,000,000 worth us to buy abroad those things which ‘ of metals that have come from the Coâ€" are not produced in Canada but which i balt silver district and the Forcupine are necessities of modern civilized life and Kirkland Lake gold camps to find also in assisting us to meet our foreign ‘cause for the rapid settlement of the obligations and maintain our credit.| nearby, fertile clay lands. Forty years Furthermore, gold is the one important |ago, this section of the country, that free trade commodity in the world toâ€" | within the last thres decades has proâ€" day; it is virtually the only product of | duced this enormous amount of wealth, the mingés whose price has risen subâ€"| was regarded as being useful only for stantially since the boom days of 1928 | trapping and lumbering. and ©1929. I should also like to add "The lure of gold and oth:>r metals that gold is the one thing which sells| has thus exerted a profound influence itself anywhere in the world. ! on life in Ontario. Cobalt and Haileyâ€" "Gold in days gone by has played a| bury blossomed as thriving mining prominent part in the early settlement towns shortly after the accidontal unâ€" of several regions in Canada. Imporâ€"| covering of silver ore during the buildâ€" tant incidents in its discovery include ing of the railway in 1903. Still further the 400â€"mile trek, in the sixties, of north, other mineral discoveries close to placer miners into British Columbia} that railway started Porcupine in 1909 to the rich goldâ€"bearing gravels of the and Kirkland Lake in 1911 on their way Cariboo, and the rush of 25,000 psople|to fame as the most important gold in the KWinndike fGeld of the Yukon that| camps in the Western Hemisphere. In Second of a Series of Addresses on Canada‘s Mining Inâ€" dustry, Given by Hon. T. A. Crerar, Minister of Mines for the Dominion. k "Gold in days gone by has played a prominent part in the early settlement of several regions in Canada. Imporâ€" tant incidents in its discovery include the 400â€"mile trek, in the sixties, of placer miners into British Columbia to the rich goldâ€"bearing gravels of the Cariboo, and the rush of 25,000 pzople to the Klondike field of the Yukon that resulted in $22,000,000 annually of gold production at the turn of the century. Rich gold ore was found in Nova Scot‘a during the early sixties and later in that decade the first gold in Central Canada was discovered in Hastings county, Onâ€" tario. "Thus, for 75 years and longer, it has been known that gold occurs in fairly wide distribution throughout thse Doâ€" minion, its production coming from goldâ€"bearing gravels and from lod?, or rock depssits. Its association sometimes with other metals, as for instance, nicâ€" kc] and copper leads to mention of Sudâ€" bury. This Ontario city 200 miles north of Toronto, famous as the world‘s nickel centre and for the copper, platinum meâ€" tals, silver and gold produced thers, furnishes one of the best Canadian Mr. CAFFEINEâ€" NERVES ... (4 . IM WORRIED ABOUT JIM . HE SLEEPS POORLY, AND HAS hHEADâ€" ACHES AND INDiGESt:0N. another victim gets away . ij "powt LEt mose Jtz GAGBY woOmEn / | _ a quite small territory that could be reached conveniently by canoe, prosâ€" pectors brought to light thes> gold areas which now have a yearly producâ€" ticon worth $67,000,000. "Prefacing the remarks I am going to make about the effect of toâ€"day‘s widsspread mining activity in pushing back the northern frontier, I want you to particularly note that Porcupine and Kirkland Lake were discovered when the prospector, using the canoe, could carry his necessary supplies only a limited distance from the railways. I should like you to contrast the condiâ€" tions of travel at that time with those of the present when the airplane has widened the fisld of mineral prospectâ€" ing to include the whole north country. Moreover, mining men have adapted to [naSeaSuale ts abe c , ateafeat e SORRY I COULONT cone CNVER, POROTHY, BUT JiM ISNT FEELING WELL, AND DION‘T want TO BE LEFT WITH THE CHILOREN, [ tea and coffee. But there are thousands and thousands of others who cannot. And, without realizing it, you may be one of these. MANY PEOPLE, of course, can safely drink The caffeine found in both tea and coffee may be working night and day to rob you of sleep, upâ€" set your digestion, or undermine your nervous system. > If you suspect that tea and coffee disagree with you ... switch to POSTUM for 30 days. POSTUM is simply whole wheat and bran, roasted and slight â€" ly sweetened. It is a delicious drinkâ€"and contains nothing that can possibly harm you. It is econoâ€" mical and easy to prepare. FREEâ€"Lct us send you your first week‘s supply of POSTUM â€"Free! Write for it to Consumer Service Department, General Foods, Limited, Cobourg, Ontanmo. P7â€"3% their use such modern means of transâ€" port as the tractorâ€"train and marine railway. Truly amazing is the recent progress in mining development,â€" now that there is no longer the restriction of distance which prevailed but yesterâ€" day. Gold deposits are being found hundreds of miles from the railways and are being developed through the courage and initiative of toâ€"day‘s genâ€" eration of Canadian mining men. It has already been demonstrated that guld mines can be made to yield good profits even though one hundred and fifty miles or more from the railway. This is partly due, of course, to the fact that gold mining has its advanâ€" tages over other metal mining, in that the ore as a rule, does not have to be smelted. "Let us see how new gold mines nowâ€" adays come into existence in Canada. A small area in the Patricia district of Northwestermn Ontario to which the name Pickleâ€"Crow has become attached will serve as an illustration. This area â€"200 miles north of Port Arthur and 130 miles northeast of Hudson on the transcontinental lins of the Canadian National Railwaysâ€"has two operating gold mines, the FPickleâ€"Crow and Cenâ€" tral Patricia. A few years ago, in the early days of aerial prospecting, two Haileybury prospectors, Macfarlane and Howcoll, were set down from an airplarne at Pickle Lake and in ten days they had discovered gold and staked the ground on which is now the Pickleâ€" Crow mine. That was in 1928, then folâ€" lowed several scveral years of exploring the possibilities of this potential mine when large quantities of supplies were taken in by air. "The time arrived when a mining plant became necessary and the moving of one thoausand tons of freight from savant station to the property in the winter of 1932â€"33 stands as one of the North‘s epic storiss of triumph over nature. Though tractors hauling heavy boilers and mining equipment someâ€" times broke through the shallow frozen lakes on the route, the crews, undaunted by such misadventure fished them out and calmly continued on their way. a consequence of these efforts, the fie‘ld now produces gold valued at about $2,â€" 500,000 yearly; directly supports a comâ€" munity of several hundreds of persons, and indirectly hundreds of others, some of whom have never heard of these mines. Both mines are operating withâ€" out serious difficulty despite their dis, tance from the railroad. "To Jack Hammell, credit must be given for the making of Picklsâ€"Crow and to Fred Connell, the making of Central Patricia. Refusing to admit that there were any obstacles that could not be overcome, these men took goldâ€" milling plants to their properties, perâ€" suaded the Ontario Government to erect a hydroâ€"electric plant on the Alâ€" bany River, and obtained assistance from the same source for the improveâ€" ment of transportation through the construction of dams and marine railâ€" ways on ths Root river waterway. As "The development of the Pickleâ€"Crow gold camp stresses the intimate relaâ€" tionship of the airplane to recent Canaâ€" dian mining progress. Subsequent to the first flights for prospecting, in the Cassiar country of northern British Columbia during 1925, the use of the airplane in the search for minerals spread rapidly. Farties of prospectors were being down in many remote locations by 1928, and in two more years the Northwest Territories had bzen THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO CENT â€"Aâ€" MILE ALSO TO At present five mtn are under arrest * * uy for the breaking and entering of Therâ€" Hamllton; Smlth‘ l"t‘, Dunn- riault‘s gasoline station on the outâ€" ville, Welland, Bufl'alo, Galt, skirts of the town, all being residents ‘VOOdStOCk, London, Kit.,0f the district. One arrest was made y ® [in connection with the robberies from chener. Guelph' C “ ll\dSOl‘i the D. J. Wallace druy store and Braâ€" GoOING 'lhursday, Feb. 20th RETURNING Tickets good in Coaches only. No Baggage Checked Children 5 years and under 12 half fare Tickets to Buffalo and Detroit sold subâ€" ject to passengers meeting‘ thg‘require- ments of U.S. Immigration. For Information and Tickets apply to T. N. O. Ry. and Nip. Cen. Ry, Agents crossed in various directions by flights extnding as far north as Coronation Gulf and Victoria Isl@nd in the Arctic. "With the development of sledâ€"equipâ€" ment and pontoons, flying machines were soon operating successfully in both wintsr and summer. They became the means of taking in diamonds drills and light machinery for the exploration of newlyâ€"staked mining properties. Canaâ€" dian aircraft, mainly to meet the needs of mining, carried in 1934 over 14,000,000 pounds of freight and express, an amount three times as great as in the preceding yeatr. R "Aviation has contributed in yet anâ€" other and very useful way to the growth of mining activity in Canada. I refer to the aerial photography which in the last decade has made possible the supâ€" plying of information to prospectors at a very much faster rate than previously Nowhere in the world has photography from the air been developed to a greater us:fulness than in Canada. It has aided immensely the preparation 0‘ topographical maps and the plotting O‘ the geological data, so essential to the prospector‘s p:netration of the north. "With the assistance rendered by the airplane and the success being obtained in the development of gold and other metal resources, mining is pushing back Canada‘s frontiers of settlement at the most rapid rate in the Dominion‘s reâ€" cent history. Some authorities assert that in mineral discovery Canada‘s proâ€" gress is currently at least five to ten times as great as before the advent of the airplane. "Let us view, therefore, if we can, the new frontier which the lure of gold has given to Canada. Although my reâ€" marks this evening apply also in a meaâ€" sure to British Columbia and the Yuâ€" kon, I would rather you pictured the Canadian Shield, that great mineralâ€" bearing region of Canada approximateâ€" ly centred at udson Bay. If we journey from Lake Chibougamau, which is 230 miles northwest of Quebec city, followâ€" ing the Shield westward and northward we shall find new mining camps at intervals along an arec which has its opposite extremity on the Arctic Circle at Great Bear: Lake in the Northwest Territories. "A decade ago the gold production of the entire region came from two localiâ€" ties only, the Porcupine and Kirkland Lake district of Ontario. Toâ€"day howâ€" ever, we find along the are about twenty separate and distinct localities where important outputs of the precious meâ€" tals are being obtained. Quebec, Maniâ€" toba and Saskatchewan now join with Ontario in the picture of important gold producing provinces. And, if we include thase places where development is unâ€" der way we find there are over forty mining camps. "The picture I have tried to sketch for you is that of a new northern fron B°T to settlement in Canada which strctshts from the east in a westerly and northâ€" westerly direction for some 2,400 miles. And, north of this frontier, there,is a vast territory of similar rock formation whose mineral wealth, yet to be reâ€" vealed, will undoubtedly have a great bearing upon the development of the Ttominion." Recently there has been a series of petty in Cochrane. While the total value of goods or cash seâ€" cured in the several robberies has not been large the annoyance, loss and alarm caused by the crimes have Causâ€" ed a very decidedly hostile feeling in Cochrane. The Cochrane Northland Post last week had an editorial on the subject, the suggestion being made that the failure to discover the authors of the robberies in some way or another reflected upon the police, the magisâ€" trate or some other officers of the law. This is not usually a fair inference to draw. Very often when robberies are completed it is a very difficult matter to secure clues and still more trying to follow up the clues, secure any sort of good evidence that will assure a conviction. The police may be very active in tracing up a and, inâ€" deed be too busy to bother with giving out any publicity for themselves in the matter. In regard to this phase of the question it may be necessary only to give the police a fair chance and they will eventually capture the burglars. While The Cochrane Northland Post was busy criticizing the police the latâ€" were busy trying to track up the criminals. A qgespatch from Cochrane this week gives the following informaâ€" tion in regard to the matter:â€"â€" "As the result of the series of petty Sunday, Feb. 23rd olice at Cochrane Now | Clearing up Robberies Canadian Pacific and Detroit AND RETURN robberies which occurred in Cochrane early last week, Cochrane and provinâ€" cial police have been working conâ€" tinuously to bring the thieves to task and at the time of writing it looks as if they will make an excellent cleanâ€" up on the shopbreakers. dette and Belisle, general merchants, and a quantity of the stolen goods has been recovered." Two Young Men _ Fined for Assault (Continued from Page One) stopped. Scanlin had been thrown about 25 feet forward, the doctor estiâ€" mated, while Taylor had been thrown slightly backward about ten feet. l "It‘s the aftermath of that dog case," Isaid S. C. Platus when Tony Slak‘s lxlanle was called. A remand was | granted. Two local families have been at war over the possession of a police ‘dog for some months now and although it was awarded to one of the parties at %a recent court, there has since been some trouble. "Where did the car end up?" asked Mr. Gardner, counsel for the comâ€" plainant. "With rear about a foot and a half to the right of Scanlin," was the answer. No Broken Bones | He went to Scanlin, found practicaliyl no pulse but on hasty examination, no badly broken bones, the doctor said. Taylor‘s pulse was strong. He had then! gone to the Welcome hotel and called Dr. Kelly, with whose assistance and| that of the police both Scanlin and Tavlor were taken to the hospital. Walter Blodgett, who had been standâ€" ing looking out of the window of the Welcome hotel. corroborated much of the doctor‘s evidence but was not very sure of the distances involved, nor was Albert Villeneuve, who had been standâ€" ing at the same window. Blinded by Lights As he had come around the corner of Second, he had met a car with bright lights, he told the court, and when ho moved on down toward the freight sheds, the lights of Dr. Greig‘s car blinded him, he said. A double glass on the windshield and celluloid on the winâ€" ows gave him clear vision. "I could have avoided it but for the blinding lights," he said. He estimated his speed at between 10 and 15 miles an hour. "The duty is on him to stop if he can‘tâ€"see," the magistrate said in sumâ€" ming up the evidence, "I think under the circumstances there might have been an error of judgment but no crimâ€" inal negligence. T‘ll give the defendant the benefit of the doubt. You have reams of evidence to go before a civil court." l Tony Marinacci was fined $25 | costs for having liquor in a public p \|Lawrence Lauzon, third offence d was sent down for three months, v | Rene Chenier, second offender, given the option of a $50 and costs or 30 days. Seven first offence dr | had the option of a $10 fine or 30 ( "When I saw them they were just about four feet from the front part of the car," Lachapelle told the court, "I d@id not see them crossing the street. 1 WAs cars." To Get More Free Meals "I was hungry all one day," said Alex Baciel as his excuse for going into the Goldale Cafe one day, ordering a nice big hot meal, consuming it to his entire satisfaction, then telling the Chinese that he didn‘t have any money to pay for it, and no job from which he could get an money. "Would you like to be fed for a while?" asked the magistrate. ‘"Yes," replied Baciel. "T‘ll give you thirty days." Watch Case Dropped "‘They â€"gotâ€" into. 5s shack, . had a drunken spree and he ended up with the watch in his pocket," explained Crown Attorney S. A. Caldbick when a man appeared in court charged with having a gold watch in his possession that he knew to be stolen. The charge was withdrawn when the man‘s emâ€" ployer guaranteed to let him have his job back. The same man paid a $10 and costs fine for being drunk. A woman is paying off a case under the Masters and Servants Act on the instalment plan. She owed a servant $10, promised to pay it on Tuesday, but had only three dollars with which to meet the account. She was given anâ€" other week. Woo Yen, charged with making his living at gambling, was remanded for a week. (Ottawa Journal) A social worker with more enthusiâ€" asm than tact went to call upon Terâ€" ence Shea, night watchman, at his home. WHAT HE USED TO KEEP ALL THE MONEY THAT HE SAVED "I hope, Mr. Shea," she said, "that you do not squander your money in liquor and riotous living. I‘m trying to interest the people of the neighbourâ€" hood in the new savings bank which has just been started. May I ask where you deposit your wages?" "I‘d just as soon tell ye as not," reâ€" plied Mr. Shea, "‘Tis $15 a week I make. When I‘ve paig the rent, the provisions, nad the grocery bill, and the milkman, and bought what‘s needâ€" ed for Maggie an‘ me five children, I deposit the rest of my money in barâ€" rels. Mostly, ma‘am, I use sugar barâ€" rels. They‘re hbigger and hold more. But when I can‘t get them, I make shift with plain flour barrels." North Bay Nugget:â€"Who said the oldâ€"fashioned winter was a thing of the past? blinded by the lights of drunk: 30 days ) and place. drunk while fint Today we go on to the applicaticn of Lip and Eye Makeâ€"up. Eyeshadow should be applied lightly with the fingertip, and should be blendâ€" ed so that most of the colour is conâ€" centrated on the lids near the lashes. The deepest colour should appear in the centre of the lid over the pupils, and it should fade away toward the brow, and toward the outer corner of the lid. This is the usual method. There are exceptions, of course, whin one wishes to counteract certain feaâ€" ture characteristics. For instance, in the case of eyes set far apart, the deepâ€" est shadow could be near the inner corâ€" ners to give the eyes the appearance of being szt closer together. Mascara should be applied very sparâ€" ingly. It is well to use just a trace of oil before the mascara. Then apply the Yesterday‘s article was devoted to the proper application of foundation, cream rouge and powder. mascara smoothly and evenly. Avoid a bzaded or heavy effect. The ideal masâ€" cara should make the lashes laok longer, silkier, darker and more luxurious. Be sure to bring the mascara from the roots down to the very tips of the lashss. One reason why lashes that are, madeâ€" up appear longer is the fact Lh,at the tips are often naturally light and thireâ€" fore seem to cut the length of the lash. When . the tip is darkened the full length of the lash is more obvious. Avold Mistakes in Lip Makeâ€"up A great many women can omit the use of rouge and yet have their makeâ€" up quite complets and even distinctive. But one hundred per cent. of the woâ€" men who use makeâ€"up, use lipstick or lip paste. Yet more mistak:s are made MOLLY TAMONT illustrates the Apply to the lid only, near the lash excess with Ussuey. A little ol ¢ Y ard schumacher Phone 725 Opposite Goldfields Hotel Block TTMMINS John W. Fogg Limited WESTERN CANADA COAL Alexo and Canmore Briquettes WELSH and AMERICAN ANTHRACITE BITUMINOUS or SOFT COALS Domesticâ€"Steamâ€"Smithing New River Smokeless Red Jacket bLgg and Stoker Mize. Bc BEAUTIFUL SIMMS, HOOKER DREW INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES REAL ESTATE applied very sparâ€" use just a trace of a. Then apply the By ELSIE PIERCE Houses and Lots for Sale on Terms DOMINION BANK RUILDING illustrates the proper application of cyeshadow , near the lashes and blerd carefully. Remove any A little oil or cream may be used in the same fashion if cclour is not desired. sn t BP A IP A PA LAAA L â€"ALâ€"ACâ€"AQ CAAA Head Office and Yard Timmins Phone 117 THURSDAY, PEBRUARY 13TH, 1936 AND EYXE MAKEâ€"UP in this than in any other branch of makeâ€"up. In the first place, many women,. parâ€" ticularly during the cold weather, have a habit of moistening or biting their lips. This invariably causts or enâ€" courages chapping:; which means that it is difficult, if not impossible, to get a smooth effect. Then, too, women have a way Oof piling lipstick on top of lipstick. I‘ve seen them rubbing and ru‘sbing on and on. One layir is sufficient. In fact, grease cannot stay on top of grease. It separates and gives an uneven effect. Learn to apply your lip makeâ€"up with ons steady stroke from centre to corner on the upper lip. Then with a steady stroke on the lower lip. This done, blend carefully with fingertips. Bring the colour well inside to avoid a line of demarcation. Powassan News:â€"There is at least one railroad in the country that conâ€" tinues to operate profitably. Announceâ€" ment was made at Toronto on Wednesâ€" day by Col. Mac Lang, chairman of the T. N. O. Railway, of a netâ€"operâ€" ating: surplus of more than $600,000 during the eight montbhs from April 1 to â€"Oct.. 31,; 1985 (Copyright 1936, by The Bell Syndiâ€" cate, Inc.) PHONE 11% Realdenceâ€"»‘HONE 135 Branch Office Kirkland LAke Phone 393

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