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Oldâ€"Timer Retells the Story of the Porcupine South Porcupine. Ont., July 6, 193’7.] ‘T‘o the Editor of | The Advance, Timmins: | Dear Sir:â€"The Toronto Star of June 25th contains a story by Alex Gillies.| Name of it is "Mine Worth $280,000,000.| Discoverer Got $52,000." Mr. Gillies goes on to tell all about how it was found. He also disputes a lot of what I have mentioned in my letters about Porcuâ€" pine during 1909. I want to ask him and his friends "Who are the real oldâ€" timers since May 12th, 1909? or "Who were the seven men who were the adâ€"| vance guard, or who came first and | were here months before any others. If he doesn‘t yet know I‘li tell him, and they are as follows: J. S. Wilson, ; H. A. Preston, Geo. Burns and Prank : and Cliff Campbell. Then ten days later ! Geo. Bannerman and Tom Geddes! Wilson camping on the south shore and Bannerman cn the north shore! These parties cleared Porcupine river of obâ€" stacles, so it would be easy toâ€" get in and out. There is no one in the Porcuâ€" pine toâ€"day who did anything to fetch these parties here. They were here alone till August when George Bannerâ€" man brought in four or five men with him. George had a gasoline launch â€" to freight supplies from Slim Creek to first rapids on Porcupine river. During July and August Harry Preston was lieft alone for twelve days to watch camps. On June 5th, Preston went to see Bannerman and make a bargain that if he quit Wilson he could join George and Tom. Preston was told he would go crazy over talking about going to see all the little lakes, so next mornâ€" ing he threatened to quit if he was not allowed to go to nearest lakes. He was allowed and fetched home samples of different minerals and told his boss that there must be a mine Over there and the boss and Burns went with him next day and Preston found a 21â€"foot vein of quartz. A trip around the lake and they returned to camp without staking the vein. Does Alex Gillies know that it laid there all summer untouched until in September when Geo. Bannerâ€" iman got Preston alone and told him to quit and come over and stake or else tell his boss that he (Bannerman) had Wilson Party First on the Scene, with Bannerman and Geddes a Close Second. Some Interesting Reminiscences About the Days in Porcupine Over a Quarter of a Cenâ€" tury Ago. JULY 6TH, 1937 fau Cost rir mikt... MORE SAFETY FOR YOUR FAMILY S T1 AFR EV ER Y FEATURE FOR _ s aAF ETY A ND T he Yellow Fleet S Preston told his boss and off goes the party to stake that 21â€" foot vein in ,szdale township. Why did not the party go and stake beside Geo. Bannerâ€" man? How did they know to go so far to the west at a lake and stake a 21â€" foot vein the same day Bannerman was off to Haileybury to start the rush, and why did Bannerman tell Harry Preston first and not the rest of his party? | _ Well, Preston wanted to go to Pearl ’ lake all summer and stay there a month Iprc.,pectmg but like when he found Dome his party refused. While Preston was alone at camp durmg the twelve 4 days he would have gone there to Pearl 'Lake alone had he been sure no thief would ecme in while he was there and rob the camp. made a nice discovery and was leaving to start the rush? After Dome was staked the party| moved over to it except Preston who | was crderedâ€" to remain at the old camp for three aays. and nothing to do. Then he was to come and join his party at the Dome. Preston would like to know why he was told to do this. When he} came to Dome his boss left the same day for Chicago to get W. S. Edwards,| the grubstaker. While he was away the wonder gold on the Dome was unâ€" covered. When they arrived with some others from Matheson they spent justi one day and all left but Preston, who was ordered to watch Dome. Not long after that Preston heard voices coming. Â¥es, two men came and handed him a letter and it was from his own party and said: "Kindly show these gents the gold." ‘"Sure," says Preston, and the gold was shown them. Then one said "Do you mind if we put up our tent here for the night; it‘s getting late." "No, I won‘t let you,".,said Presâ€" ton. and oh, what a look they gave him. Preston pointed to two large tents alâ€" ready up and facirig each other. He told them that one of them was their tent for the night. They said "That‘s fine, do you drink?" Out came a bottle and Preston took a swig of it. His appetite started and he said "Let‘s have supâ€" per." OQO.K, Soon the bacon and eggs, etc., were ready and while they were eating supper one of the men asked Preston if he came from Niagara Falls. Preston said "Yes, he did," and the fellow said "I thought you did as I am sure I have seen you down at Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake with your hockey team." He then said his name was Alex Gillies. Then Preston showed him cheque for $1000 given him by Edwards that day and he told him and his partâ€" ner how this Dome was found and all about going to lakes. He told them they should get in between the two disâ€" coveries and go over to those other lakes called Pearl lakes. He had alâ€" ready told Tom Middleton to go there. uty Next morning Mr. Gillies and his| chum were off and in a few days when | my party returned they asked me if | I had heard of the big new find over at Pearl lake. ("I did not," I said.). Now Mr. Gillies disputes all I have said. It must have been another Alex Gillies from Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake who | stayved over night at Dome. My boss seems to dispute everything | I say; also Mr. Gillies seems to do the| same. But George Bannerman, whom everyone knows as "the daddy of the: camp," will tell anyone that my stories are the truest of any he ever read. George can tell you there has been a lot said about him when he came that is not true. I would like nothing better than to have anyoneâ€"Mr. Gillies or Mr. Wilsonâ€"challenge me to prove what I say and have said about Porcupine durâ€" ing 1909, and what happened. Lots of what I have said can be proved by askirig Geo. Bannerman and lots can be proved by having the Departâ€" ment of Mines look up the record of stakings in Porcupine from May to Deâ€" cember. This will prove whether all Whitney or Tisdale Townships were staked solid soon after Alex Gillies and Ben came. I am sure it will soon prove that there was an enormous lot of ground opened arund the Dome for CoeSa / 1 ) [ 7 TIMMINS SERVICK _ staking quite a while after Dome was reczrded or before Hollinger was staked. When the big showing on Dome was uncovered I began to talk of the T. N. O. Railway coming into Porâ€" cupine and I guess I was right. | in ‘around to the difficulty of getting someâ€" grey cabins, hotels and warehouses. ‘Two stores still keep their doors open ‘and to trade and gossip. the occasional oldâ€"timer drops in Not long ago a fiying company‘s agent was checking scow freight into the relay planes which service the areas to the north when one of these characters strolled up and engaged him conversation. The talk finally got It would take a whole pad like this. with 60 sheets to tell all I know and it‘s all backed by $100 that I tell the truth and if I should be wrong in one case I am sure the other fellow is wrong in fifty cases. I was not here from May 12th to New Year‘s without knowing what was going on. It seems so funny to me that if there were othâ€" ers prospecting here during the sumâ€" mer and whether they were Gillies. Hollinger, McIntyre and others.‘ why they did not pay Wilson and Bannerâ€" HRYSLER ENGINEERS have spared no effort or exâ€" pense to make Plymouth a completely thrilling car for you to own and drive. The new Plymouth is BEAUTIFUL with graceful, advanced aerodynamic styling ... COMFORTABLE ... with big, roomy interior . .. chairâ€"height seats ... low level floors . .. wide doors ... deep, soft upholstery ...longer, softer springs ... airplaneâ€"type doubleâ€"action shock absorbers and new rubberâ€"cushioned body mountings that smother road shocks and noise! SAFETY is a big Plymouth feature! You get famous Chrysler Doubleâ€"action Hydraulic Brakes ... Safety Allâ€"Steel Body ... Safety Glass in all windows and the new Plymouth safetyâ€"styled interiors. Plymouth is EconomicaLâ€"owners report 21 to 27 miles to a gallon of gasoline and savings in oil up to 20%. Impenal Motor Sales, distributors, 59â€"61 l’_hll‘d Avenue Phone 3, Timmins KT EB a 11â€" n x w e / 2k THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TIMMINS, ONTARIO man parties a visit when these parties were doing so much blasting, and why they were not met on the river or out to the steel because the two parties made several trips out and in without mecting any other prospectors all sumâ€" mer except Mr. C. M. Auer, who was at Nighthawk Lake. Let Mr. Gillies and his friends say what they like but I am ready to meet them half way. Yours truly. â€"H. A, PRESTON. and his friends say what they like but ) Brew No. 2 was more or less ‘of an I am ready to meet them half way. !‘experiment. The actual brewing ro-] Yours truly,. cess was repeated but the oldâ€"timer â€"H. A. PRESTON.| sought more authority in the final proâ€" duct. He lacked copper or glass tubing to make a worm for distillation but' # Some Stor]es Of the lhad the brilliant idea of wrapping his. + old woolen sweater around the top of 1 GOld Plnes Centre ‘the steaming tub. When he wanted a. he simply wrung out the sweater! 64 +3 _ _ Worthern pilots crash the news, Ble“ ng O’ be Joyfu] Un columns in elegaic phrases but the. der Difficulties. A Weighty towly agents of the fiying companies Story. often find like Gilbert and Sullivan‘s § ; policeman, that their lots are not happy (From Grabe Samples in The ones. Take the billing of freight, for Northern Miner) example. Recently ~a parcel came C. G. Nickels of Hudson, Ontario,‘ through a local Hudson office from sends in a couple of good yarns about | Vancouver, consigned to a cook at a the hinterland where isolation some-'mme at Spirit Lake in the distant times breeds idicsyncrasies which is a | binterland. . ‘The: parcel contained much politer way of putting it than to cigarettes and it was billed out, accordâ€" say that men get "bushed". Gold Pines ing to regulations, at the minimum flat was once the roaring centre of the Red express rate for five pounds. Lake rush but new routes, the introâ€" The Squire of the Skillet had been duction of marine railways and the uniâ€" | "away in there" for a long time and his versal adoption of flying as means of self control was not in very good workâ€" travel has reduced the oneâ€"time bush!ing order. He argued with the pilot metropolis to a collection of sagging | who tried unsuccessfully to explain and grey cabins, hotels and warehouses. then he wrote the base in no uncertain Two stores still keep their doors openlterms. demanding a refund. A long :and the occasional oldâ€"timer drops in letter of explanation was despatched to to trade and gossip. | the irate chef in due course. ! Not long ago a flying company‘s In a few days the cook came out to agent was checking scow freight into| "steel" and proceeded to blow the lid the relay planes wWhich service theiofi' in traditional manner. He invited areas to the north when one of these| the Couriers of the Cumuli to his hotel 'characters strolled up and engaged him | and also his arch enemy, the local flyâ€" iin conversation. The talk finally got|ing company agent. As the evening l araltind to the dAiffirulty of getting someâ€" | wore on the cook fished in his pack for (From Grabe Samples in The Northern Miner) C. G. Nickels of Hudson, Ontario, sends in a coup‘le of good yarns about the hinterland where isolation someâ€" times breeds idicsyncrasies which is a much politer way of putting it than to say that men get "bushed". Gold Pines was once the roaring centre of the Red Lake rush but new routes, the introâ€" duction of marine railways and the uniâ€" versal adoption of flying as means of travel has reduced the oneâ€"time bush metropolis to a collection of sagging thing stronger to inhale than tea. The ‘a tin of cigarelles, One OL LC VdAil~â€" oldâ€"timer opined that conditions were‘-couver shipment. He stood up kneeâ€" not absolutely arid. He had, he said, deep in dead soldiers and passed the just made a couple of potent brews. tin around at arm‘s length. When it The first brew had been made in a ‘ CamMe the agent‘s turn the cook deâ€" wash tub. The "mash", consisting of i cided that the time had come to thrash cats, raisins, prunes and yeastcakes, out the business of the outrageous had been placed in a cheesecloth bag | overcharge. in the water filled tub. This bag perâ€"| "How," he demanded, "could anyone sisted in floating to the top and the figure a parcel of them smokes weighed brewmaster especially desired that it | five pounds?" Silence, save for the remain at the bottom. Hunting around ‘ clinking of glasses, reigned. _ Finally he found ‘a couple of rusty flat irons in one of the pilots had an idea. ‘"You TUNE IN on Major Bowes‘ Amateur Hour, orcupine Hardware Furniture Co. an abandoned shack and double decked them on the bag. Afterwards, when the brew was finished, the oldâ€"timer was puzzled to find that the irons were as brilliantly bright as the day they left the foundry. The taste, he reâ€" marked, was as usual but “she shore had a kick in her." Brew No. 2 was more or less ‘o0f an experiment. 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